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  • image SM Adam volume 49/5

Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/5

Purpose

[24] Full size working drawing for the ornamental panels of a pianoforte case for Queen Charlotte, 1780, probably unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a tripartite panel. The central compartment contains a roundel framed with enclosed anthemia, and surmounted by swags of drapery. Either side are narrow border compartments of bows, ribbons and musical instruments

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Design for the Queens Piano Forte

Signed and dated

  • June 1780
    Adelphi / 26t June 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including pink on laid paper (543 x 339)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
Harris, 1963, p. 54
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 275
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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