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  • image SM Adam volume 20/60

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/60

Purpose

[45] Preliminary design for a convex mirror for the ante room, 1768

Aspect

Part elevation arranged around a small circular frame ornamented with arabesques. One arm is drawn and is connected by a swag and takes the form of an elaborate vase ornamented with ram masks, a lion mask and swags

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

For The Earl of Coventry

Signed and dated

  • 1768
    1768

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (342 x 232)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
Harris, 2001, p. 63
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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