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[25] Design for a panel for the second drawing room, 1778, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/272
Purpose
[25] Design for a panel for the second drawing room, 1778, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a panel ornamented with central cameo depicting putti, with an apron consisting of a mask and festoons of beading. Above the cameo there are arabesques, rosettes, and an anthemion, and this is flanked by ribbons and festoons of husks, which suspend tubular flowers and pendent oil lamps
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Top Pannell / For the second room at Sir Abrahma Hume’s in Hill Street / 51
Signed and dated
- Dec 1778
Adelphi / 7. Dec.r 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including lemon yellow and Indian yellow on laid paper (339 x 202)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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