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  • image Image 1 for Adam vol.7/84
  • image Image 2 for Adam vol.7/84
  • image Image 1 for Adam vol.7/84
  • image Image 2 for Adam vol.7/84

Reference number

Adam vol.7/84

Purpose

London: Parliament House (designs for). Drawing of the badge and pendant of the Order of the Garter.

Aspect

Detail verso detail

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1762-63

Medium and dimensions

Pen 361 x 120, horizontal central foldline

Hand

James Adam, Office of

Verso

Pen drawing showing the collar and pendant of the Order of the Thistle. The Thistle pendant is a variant of that shown on the recto of Adam vol.7/85.

Watermark

[partially cut off]

Notes

The drawings on recto and verso for the two orders of chivalry are probably connected with the decorative schemes for James Adam's Parliament House (see also Adam vol.80 and 87, drawings that also incorporate national and royal symbols).

Level

Drawing

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