[10] Design for a tripartite mirror frame, 1783, unexecuted

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  - The Tower of London, London, designs for chimneypieces and mirror frames for Mr Weaver, 1782-3, unexecuted (12)
    - Unfinished design, design and record drawing for a tripartite mirror frame, 1783, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/241

Purpose

[10] Design for a tripartite mirror frame, 1783, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame as SM Adam volume 20/240

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Mr. Weaver / 241 / (and in pencil) Mr Fentham(?) Estimates - / Glass £10.15- / Frame 5- / Painting- 1 - / ornament painting 5.5 / - £22.0

Signed and dated

May 1783
Adelphi / 19 May 1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris, Indian yellow and Payne's grey on laid paper (285 x 425)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

LVD surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
Harris, 1963, p. 58
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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