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Reference number
SM volume 42/66
Purpose
Tracing of ? alternative design
Aspect
Part-elevation, the frieze with palmette motif and central plaque with a tazza and two birds
Scale
rough bar scale
Inscribed
some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- datable to c. 1771-4
Medium and dimensions
Pen on tracing paper (124 x 100, bottom right-hand side cut)
Hand
traced by Soane, Henry Holland office
Notes
The similar tablet motif of birds and bowl found on 42/64 (q.v.) and the drawing catalogued here suggests that this may be an alternative design for a chimney-piece for the library at Claremont. However, it does 'not relate to anything presently' at Claremont (letter from Howard Farrar, Claremont Fan Court School, 23.7.01)
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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