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  • image SM Adam volume 17/151

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/151

Purpose

[33] Preliminary design for a fire screen, January 1782

Aspect

Elevation of a pole for a fire screen, with a single turned leg, ornamented with guilloche, acanthus leaves, and fluting, with a pencil-drawn annotation to the right-hand side

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Duchess of Cumberland

Signed and dated

  • January 1782
    Janry 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and Prussian blue wash on laid paper (404 x 638)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
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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