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  • image SM Adam volume 20/126

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/126

Purpose

[53] Unfinished design for an overmantel mirror frame for the second drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of an overmantel mirror frame ornamented with bands of fluting and laurel leaf tips, and the frame is surmounted by a socle base with a central patera, ram masks and a band of fluting. The socle base is flanked by festoons, half-putti and arabesques

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass Frame over Chimney in Second Drawing Room / Cornice / Frieze / Astragal / G (pencil) / the size of & [_ _ _ _ _] / of Glass / 6 f.t 5 In.s high / 13 In.s wide / Surbase / Chimney / 126 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • August 1773
    Adelphi August 21.st 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (271 x 447)

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

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