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  • image SM Adam volume 25/218

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/218

Purpose

Preliminary design for a table clock, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a table clock supported by a pedestal. Ornamented with arabesques, the pedestal terminates in four acorn feet. The circular dial, flanked by two dracos and encircled with foliage, supports a panel containing figural medallions which is flanked on either side by a nude female figure bearing a garland. A finial ornamented with garlands and rosettes and terminating in a palmette is supported by two seated figures

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on sugar paper (306x396)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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