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  • image SM Adam volume 25/47

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/47

Purpose

[64] Design for a bell pull, c1779

Aspect

Elevation of an ornamental bell pull in the form of a winged griffin

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Bell pull for Sir Abraham Hume Bart.

Signed and dated

  • c1779
    c1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured wash including Indian yellow on laid paper (172 x 145)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly

Verso

Preliminary design for recto (pencil)

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
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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