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  • image SM Adam volume 25/73

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/73

Purpose

Design for a door knocker, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a door knocker with a base plate in the for of a harp, with further ornamentation including a star burst behind a female mask, olive(?) leaves, a wreath of calyx, acanthus leaves and an acorn(?), and with a scrolling handle following the contours of the harp

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Three designs for Knockers of Doors

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes on laid paper (503x298: on same sheet as SM Adam volume 25/71-72)

Hand

Adam office hand

Level

Drawing

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