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Reference number

SM Adam volume 6/165

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a pedestal, 1765

Aspect

Elevation of a pedestal, with a square base, a tapering shaft ornamented with laurel leaves, and a central foliate drop hung from a bow, and a capital ornamented with an enclosed rosette, and a festoon

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Sir John Astley Bart

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    datable to 1765

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (137 x 307)

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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