[11] Preliminary design for pediment sculpture, c1776-78, executed with minor alterations

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  - Osterley Park, Hounslow, Greater London: designs for the house, interior and park for Francis Child and Robert Child, 1761-80 (126)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 52/81

Purpose

[11] Preliminary design for pediment sculpture, c1776-78, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a pediment, with a central cartouche, enclosed within a wreath, and flanked by urns of foliage supported by spirally fluted, turned pedestals, and small tripod bases, and winged griffons with acanthus arabesque tails enclosing rosettes

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

1776-78
date range: 1776-78

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (473 x 121)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Tomlin, 1972, p. 43
Harris, 2001, p. 166
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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