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  • image SM Adam volume 25/224

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/224

Purpose

Design for a clock, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a clock supported by a multi-storey pedestal ornamented with sphinxes, palmettes, bellflower husks, rosettes, masks and a decorative medallion. The pedestal base is surmounted by two nude figures flanking a fluted stem ornamented with guilloche and acanthus leaves and supporting the clock’s base. The circular dial is set into a portion of strigils ornamented by ram head masks, which is supported by ball feet and surmounted by a finial flanked by two seated figures and culminating in a palmette

Scale

to a rough scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (178x310)

Hand

Adam office hand

Level

Drawing

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