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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/197

Purpose

[4] Finished drawing for an overmantel mirror frame, c1787, not known to have been executed

Aspect

Elevation of an oval overmantel mirror frame, composed of reed and ribbon, and with a roundel mirror above, flanked by festoons, and supporting an eagle, and the frame is flanked by griffons supporting urn-shaped candelabra
  • image SM Adam volume 20/197

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • c1787
    datable to c1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (300 x 447)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

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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