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  • image SM Adam volume 25/183

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/183

Purpose

Preliminary design for two clocks, ND

Aspect

Rough elevations of two clocks Upper: Elevation of a tower clock supported by a multi-storey pedestal ornamented with guilloche, portrait medallions and swags. Flanked by sphinxes, the circular dial is set into a strigilated portion and is surmounted by a finial Lower: Side elevation of a clock supported by a pedestal containing a figural frieze and surmounted by a finial

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (178x270)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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