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[8] Record drawing for a tripartite mirror frame for the great parlour, c1783, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/82
Purpose
[8] Record drawing for a tripartite mirror frame for the great parlour, c1783, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame as SM Adam volume 20/244, with minor alterations. The reclining figures bearing musical instruments are omitted, and in their place there are recumbent sphinxes
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
[_ _ _ _.] / Glass / (and in pencil) Glass- £11 / Frame Carving only- 4.4 / painting- -18 / - 16.2 / Joyners wood ^ work to frame- 2.10 / - 18.12 / ornament painting 1.1 / -19.13
Signed and dated
- c1783
c1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (247 x 347)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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