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  • image SM Adam volume 20/123

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/123

Purpose

[40] Unfinished design for a pier glass frame for the first drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a mirror frame ornamented with bands of acanthus leaves, and the frame is surmounted by a fluted socle base supporting a figurative oval bearing an anthemion. The oval is flanked by bows, arrows, quivers, and winged putti bearing further arrows

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for the Pier in the first Drawing room at Sir Watkin Wynn’s / 123 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • September 1773
    Adelphi Sep.r 14.t / 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (283 x 440)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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