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[2] Finished drawing for a statue pedestal, 1770, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/64
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a statue pedestal, 1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Part plan and elevation of a pedestal as drawing one, but the engaged columns are here fluted terns, with stiff leaves in the capitals, surmounted by anthemia, and the whole is ornamented with additional beading, guilloche and fluting
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Pedestal for a Statue, for the Exchange at Dublin and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1770
Robt Adam Archt. 1770.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (392 x 651)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 9
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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