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Reference number
SM Adam volume 52/174
Purpose
Design for a lamp, 1772
Aspect
Elevation and profile of a wall-mounted lamp supported by a tripod console, and with a central fluted tapering shaft ornamented with ram masks and an urn, and the tripod supports a fluted base with an apron of ox skulls and swags, and this is surmounted by a further, paw-foot tripod, surmounted by an urn with ram masks, and finally an urn-shaped lamp ornamented with gadrooning and beading
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 15 December 1772
Adelphi / 15 December 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (273x417)
Hand
Adam office hand
Level
Drawing
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