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[7] Finished drawing for a sundial, ND, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/36
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing for a sundial, ND, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a sundial decorated with winged sphinxes supporting a tapering concave lozenge-shaped pedestal adorned with ram heads, festoons and rosettes with an arabesque panel on the plinth above, supporting a vase-shaped stem with a slab decorated with a Vitruvian scroll above
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) Dial for the Duke of Buccleugh / (verso) Dial for the Duke of Buccleugh
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including sepia on laid paper (983x1455)
Literature
Bolton, Volume II, Index, 1922, p. 9
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 214
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 214
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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