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[10] Alternative design for a tablet for the library chimneypiece, 1774, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 18/79
Purpose
[10] Alternative design for a tablet for the library chimneypiece, 1774, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular figurative tablet depicting a central draped figure reclining against a low pedestal ornamented with festoons and rosettes and surmounted by a globe. The central figure is surrounded by putti and winged putti who support instruments of learning including a plumb bob, manuscripts and a telescope
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Tablet for the Library Chimney Piece at Apsley House
Signed and dated
- November 1774
Adelphi / Nov.r 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, sepia wash and brown pen on laid paper (560 x 279)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Lea, 2005, pp. 8, 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Lea, 2005, pp. 8, 14
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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