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  • image SM Adam volume 20/82

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/82

Purpose

[12] Finished drawing for mirror frame with semicircular top for the drawing room, as executed, 1772

Aspect

Elevation of an over-mantel mirror frame and clock, ornamented with female terms, urns, griffons, and surmounted by two seated female figures and an oval medallion

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame over Chimney in Drawing room at Bolton House and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1772
    1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (289 x 444)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Harris, 1995, pp. 71-73
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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