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  • image SM Adam volume 49/37

Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/37

Purpose

[6] Finished design for a sundial, ND, unexecuted

Aspect

Aerial perspective of a sundial with a shadow over the steps. In the centre is a two-part section of the sundial. The dial is adorned with winged sphinxes, as well as mouldings baring the laurel leaf tip and the egg and dart motifs

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Dial for the Duke of Buccleugh

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash including sepia on laid paper (660x550)

Literature

Bolton, Volume II, Index, 1922, p. 9
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 214
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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