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  • image SM Adam volume 52/134 verso

Reference number

SM Adam volume 52/134 verso

Purpose

Preliminary design for a door knocker, ND

Aspect

Rough elevation, variant rough elevation and profile for a door knocker: Upper elevation: hung from shells and ram masks, with a handle ornamented with acanthus leaves, fluting and an enclosed rosettes Alternative, lower elevation: hung from a palmette and scrolling arms, ornamented with foliage/flowers, and with a ram mask Profile: hung from a ram mask, supporting a handle ornamented with acanthus leaves and fluting (this profile appears to correspond with the first elevation)

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Knocker for an outer Door

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (203x271)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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