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  • image SM Adam volume 6/95

Reference number

SM Adam volume 6/95

Purpose

Preliminary design for three en suite urns, ND

Aspect

Rough elevations of three urns supported by the same base. The central, bowl-shaped urn, surmounted by a fluted lid and supported by three sitting figures, contains a band of guilloche at the shoulder above a fluted portion of medallions and festoons. It is flanked by two fluted, cup-shaped urns with lids, which are supported by griffins

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (234x212)

Hand

probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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