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  • image SM Adam volume 25/110

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/110

Purpose

[76] Design for a salt dish, 1773, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a dish with a socle base surmounted by a turned support, and this is flanked by dolphins which support an urn. The urn is ornamented with an eagle set within a shell, gadrooning, and a band of guilloche

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Faint charcoal inscription / faint pencil inscription / W W W (pencil) / 33

Signed and dated

  • January 1773
    Adelphi / 18t Janry 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and verdigris wash on laid paper (140 x 292)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
Fairclough, 1995, pp. 376-386
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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