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[45] Finished drawing for a girandole for the gallery, 1770, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/37
Purpose
[45] Finished drawing for a girandole for the gallery, 1770, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a pear-shaped girandole, ornamented with acanthus leaves, calyx, rosettes, anthemia, festoons, and two winged herms, and incorporating two candle branches, with an apron composed of a fan and festoons, and surmounted by festoons, wreaths, calyx, rosettes, a fan, and an anthemion, and with pencil-drawn annotations including two additional candle branches
Scale
bar scale of 1 7/10 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Girandole for Robert Child Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (241 x 404)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Literature
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 87
Tomlin, 1972, p. 31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Tomlin, 1972, p. 31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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