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  • image SM Adam volume 52/119

Reference number

SM Adam volume 52/119

Purpose

[44] Preliminary design for a girandole for the gallery, 1770, executed with alterations

Aspect

Rough elevation of a pear-shaped girandole, ornamented with anthemia, acanthus leaves, rosettes, festoons, two winged herms, and birds(?), and with an apron composed of a fan and festoons

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1770
    datable to 1770

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (172 x 263)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

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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