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[23] Full size working drawing for the ornamental panels of a pianoforte case for Queen Charlotte, 1780, probably unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/4
Purpose
[23] Full size working drawing for the ornamental panels of a pianoforte case for Queen Charlotte, 1780, probably unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a detail of a panel, with a rectangular compartment carried by half putti, and with an enclosed badge of the Prince of Wales, and surmounted by an urn, putti and sphinx, to one side is an elaborate tripod ornamented with ram masks, enclosed rosettes, strigillation and surmounted by an urn. Beyond this is a vesica-shaped motif encircled by a wreath, and surmounted by a badge of the Prince of Wales
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 (857 x 575)
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.
Harris, 1963, p. 54
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 275
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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