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London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a long rectangular panel showing in relief figures penning sheep, drawing water, shearing sheep, gathering and washing fruit. In the background are cottages and trees.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/66
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a long rectangular panel showing in relief figures penning sheep, drawing water, shearing sheep, gathering and washing fruit. In the background are cottages and trees.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand Pastoral life. Circular Hall
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown wash with white heightening, partly oxidised, on brown washed paper
160 x 772 with three vertical fold lines
Hand
Antonio Zucchi (attributed to)
Notes
This composition is part of a series of designs for James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/63 that depict scenes and aspects of general life (Adam vol.7/60-67). Adam vol.7/64-67 is a set of four drawings that have country life as the subject, possibly all intended for the proposed Circular Hall, for which there are other reliefs in Adam vol.7/61 and 63. The drawings are all similar in draughtsmanship and were probably made by Antonio Zucchi (1726 - 95) in the winter of 1762/63. The figures are in similar contemporary dress.
Level
Drawing
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