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Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/66

Purpose

[11] Preliminary design for mirror frame with semicircular top for the drawing room, as executed, 1772

Aspect

Rough elevation of a mirror frame ornamented with terms, urns, a candelabra and surmounted by griffons

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • October 1772
    datable to c. October 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (211 x 180)

Hand

Robert Adam

Verso

Rough sketch of a coastal scene

Literature

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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