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[1] Preliminary design for an urn, 1775, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/57
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for an urn, 1775, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of an urn with a base ornamented with a band of wreaths. The urn is ornamented with gadrooning, a band of reed and ribbon, and a band of rosettes enclosed within wreaths flanked by bands of beading. The scrolled handles terminate in ram masks, the neck is ornamented with beading, and the lid ornamented with fret and surmounted by a rosette and a pine cone
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Top takes off at / this line / Two quart Caps for his / Grace the Duke of Roxburghe / Paint leaf (pencil)
Signed and dated
- August 1775
Margate 27th August 1775 / Robt Adam
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (291 x 431)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Notes
This drawing has fold marks as if it has been posted.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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