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[82] Finished drawing for a vessel, 1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/116
Purpose
[82] Finished drawing for a vessel, 1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a quatrefoil plan dish, with a base bordered with laurel leaf tips and beading, and formed with acanthus leaves surmounted by a tubular flower and divided by a band of guilloche. The dish is ornamented with a band of swags which suspend anthemia, with a band of beading above. There is an internal band of foil and calyx
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
For Sir Watkin Wynn Bart. / 38
Signed and dated
- January 1773
Adelphi / 18.t Janry 1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (279 x 227)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
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.
Fairclough, 1995, pp. 376-386
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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