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  • image SM Adam volume 20/144

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/144

Purpose

[43] Unfinished design for a mirror frame for the square dressing room, 1774, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a mirror frame ornamented with moulded bands and surmounted by a figurative roundel supporting an urn and tazza. The roundel is flanked by winged sphinxes, swags, rosettes and ribbons

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

For the Square Dressing room at Ashburnham House / 144

Signed and dated

  • October 1774
    Adelphi October 18.t 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (286 x 437)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

King, 2001, Volume I, p. 298
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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