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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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