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  • image SM Adam volume 23/255

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/255

Purpose

[45] Unfinished design for an 'Etruscan' tablet for the second drawing room chimneypiece, c1772, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a tablet depicting draped figures in a horse drawn chariot driven by a winged putto, with winged putti bearing a torch behind. The tablet is enclosed within a band of rosettes set within a continuous band of wreaths, and this is flanked by bands of beading

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Etruscan Tablet for Sir W. W. Wynne / 11 / 255 (pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1772
    c1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, Payne’s grey and Venetian red on laid paper (384 x 214)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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