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  • image SM Adam volume 25/23

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/23

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design for alternative wall bracket, c1765-78

Aspect

Elevation of a wall bracket, with a top rail ornamented with egg and dart, bead and reel, Vitruvian scroll, and beneath the body is fluted, partly filleted, and ornamented with acanthus leaves to each side, and beneath is a band of reed and ribbon, unlobed acanthus leaves, beading, and at the base is an acorn

Scale

full size, or to a scale near full size

Inscribed

Bracket for Wm Locke Esqr (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

  • 1765-1778
    date range: 1765-78

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (344 x 478)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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