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London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for the embroidered purse of the Lord Chancellor, showing the royal arms with supporters and motto in a rectangle with border of winged masks.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/20
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for the embroidered purse of the Lord Chancellor, showing the royal arms with supporters and motto in a rectangle with border of winged masks.
Aspect
Detail
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand Purse in which the Lord Chancellor carrys the Great Seal
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen, ink wash on brown tracing paaper
130 x 156, trimmed left side
Hand
James Adam (Attributed to)
Notes
Like the mace design in Adam vol.7/19, this is part of James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/3; it is probable that both drawing and inscription are in James Adam's hand.
Level
Drawing
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