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  • image SM Adam volume 49/4

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.

Level

Drawing

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

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