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  • image SM Adam volume 17/182

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/182

Purpose

[51] Unfinished design for a carpet for the second drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a carpet for a rectangular room with apsidal ends, as SM Adam volume 17/181

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Carpet for the 2.d Drawing room at Sir Watkin Wynn’s / 20 / 182 (pencil)

Signed and dated

  • August 1773
    Adelphi 24.t Aug.t 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Indian red, olive green, pink, Indian yellow and Payne’s grey on laid paper (597 x 444)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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