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[1] Finished drawing for a mirror frame for an unknown room, 1765
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/28
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for a mirror frame for an unknown room, 1765
Aspect
Elevation of an oval frame ornamented with arabesques, festoons, and with two candle branches attached, and hung from a lion mask flanked by festoons hung from tubular flowers, and supported by wreaths enclosing arabesques, calyx, and an urn
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/10 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for The Duke of Manchester at Kimbolton Castle
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including cerulean blue and Indian yellow within a single ruled border on laid paper (291 x 440)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith, and title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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