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  • image SM Adam volume 20/221

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/221

Purpose

[4] Alternative design for a mirror frame, 1769, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame same as SM Adam volume 20/223, with the omission of the festoons and addition of a beaded frame dividing the mirror into nine compartments with a central oval of husks

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for Lord Kenowle / 221

Signed and dated

  • 1769
    1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and Indian yellow wash on laid paper (398x451)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Guiseppe Manocchi, Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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