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  • image SM Adam volume 18/43

Reference number

SM Adam volume 18/43

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for Admiral Keppel’s freedom box, 1779, unexecuted

Aspect

Perspective view of a rectangular box, ornamented with a roundel on the lid, chasing and ram masks along the corners, a tablet on one side, and a cameo on the other

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

3 ½ Inches / 1 ½ in

Signed and dated

  • 1779
    datable to 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (247 x 136)

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

TFRENCH

Literature

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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