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

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    - Buckingham House (later Buckingham Palace), The Mall, London: designs for the interior, an illumination, rebuilding the palace, and a pianoforte, for King George III and Queen Charlotte, 1761-1763, and 1780 (25)
      - Full size working drawings for the ornamental panels of a pianoforte case for Queen Charlotte, 1780, probably unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/2

Purpose

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

Aspect

Plan of a panel divided into three compartments, with ornamental strips of musical instruments on ribbon in between. The central rectangular compartment contains a large oval panel, flanked on either side by a giant order on a pedestal ornamented with cameos, lion head, unicorn heads - a rostral column to the left, and ornamented with miltary trophies to the right - and surrounded by flags, naval and military paraphernalia. Above are swags of drapery. In the compartments to either side are an enclosed, crowned lion on one side, and an enclosed, crowned unicorn on the other, each encircled by an olive wreath

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Design for the Queens Piano Forte (verso) 1

Signed and dated

June 1780
Adelphi / 21s June 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including pink on laid paper (1597 x 374)

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

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