[2] Alternative design for ornamentation of a picture frame, 1784

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  - Boydell Gallery, 90 Cheapside, London, designs for ornamentation for picture frames for Alderman John Boydell, 1784, possibly executed (3)
    - Design and alternative design for ornamentation of a picture frame, 1784, possibly executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/254

Purpose

[2] Alternative design for ornamentation of a picture frame, 1784

Aspect

Elevation of a picture frame surmounted by a central oval portrait frame with a ribbon and cartouche inscribed Copley / 1784. The portrait is draped with festoons, and there are military trophies set behind

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Mr. Alderman Boydell / 254

Signed and dated

April 1784
April 6t / 1784.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Naples yellow, cerulean blue, olive green and pink on laid paper (543 x 383)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
Harris, 1990, p. 94, 97
Ballew Neff, 1996, p. 68
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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