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  • image SM Adam volume 25/112

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/112

Purpose

[78] Finished drawing for a serving dish, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a serving dish holder, with a base ornamented with a semi-circular-headed band, and this supports winged griffins which bear dishes. The dishes are ornamented with gadrooning and have individual handles. A central turned support, ornamented with gadrooning and vine leaves, forms a principal handle

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

For Sir Watkin Wynn Bart- / W W W (pencil) / 35

Signed and dated

  • 1773
    Adelphi / 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (175 x 227)

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

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