[3] Design for picture frames, 1784, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Boydell Gallery, 90 Cheapside, London, designs for ornamentation for picture frames for Alderman John Boydell, 1784, possibly executed (3)
    - Design for picture frames, 1784, possibly executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/255

Purpose

[3] Design for picture frames, 1784, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a coved wall with ornamental frames arranged in the upper register across a central doorway. The arrangement is formed with a central rectangular frame flanked by smaller rectangular frames. Above this there is a central oval frame, surrounded by military trophies. This is flanked by roundels, each linked with festoons and ribbons. Below the central frames there are three small rectangular frames, each flanked by small oval frames

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Mr Alderman Boydell (in pencil) / 255

Signed and dated

June 1784
[Adelphi] (crossed through) / June 12t 1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including yellow ochre, Naples yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (364 x 473)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
Harris, 1990, p. 95, 98
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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