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  • image SM Adam volume 25/65

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/65

Purpose

[2] Record drawing for Admiral Keppel’s freedom box, 1779, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan, elevation and profile of a rectangular box, with a lid ornamented with an oval medallion framed by winged figures and segmental compartments containing naval trophies. The sides are fluted, with a band around the top including griffons with arabesque tails, and with a ram mask on each corner; and with a tablet on the side containing a cameo and naval trophies, and a tablet on the end depicting a naval scene

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Freedom Box designd for Admiral Keppell

Signed and dated

  • 1779
    datable to 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, and Indian yellow and sepia wash on laid paper (160 x 304)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 55
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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