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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/115

Purpose

[40] Design for a curtain cornice for the second library, 1779, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a curtain cornice surmounted by Strawberry eaves, and with an apron ornamented with anthemia enclosed within scroll work, with enclosed anthemia set in between

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Curtain Cornice for the 2.d Library at Roxburghe House / 115 (pencil)

Signed and dated

  • September 1779
    Adelphi / 18.t Sep.r 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including verdigris and terre verte on laid paper (363 x 253)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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