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  • image SM Adam volume 3/19

Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/19

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a pier glass, same as SM Adam 3/38 with the addition of candelabras below the central two terms. The panels that the terms support contain Vitruvian scroll decoration and the raised platform is decorated with guilloche and rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 1 feet

Signed and dated

  • c.1772
    datable to c.1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured wash including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (349x466)

Hand

Possibly
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (349x466)

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Harris, 1963, p.49
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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