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[62] Working drawing for a table slab, 1779
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/36
Purpose
[62] Working drawing for a table slab, 1779
Aspect
Plan of a table slab as Adam volume 17/37, but with a roundel depicting a winged sphinx, and the tablet has a border of laurel leaf tips
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Design of a slab for Sir Abraham Hume Baronet / (cropped) 1779 / Adelphi
Signed and dated
- 1779
(cropped) 1779 / Adelphi
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris, Indian yellow and pink on laid paper (625 x 455)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
Harris, 1963, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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