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  • image Adam vol.7/85

Reference number

Adam vol.7/85

Purpose

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

Aspect

Detail verso detail

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1762-63

Medium and dimensions

Pen 350 x 120, folded horizontally

Hand

James Adam, Office of

Verso

Pen drawing of the collar, pendant and leg garter of the Order of the Garter.

Notes

Like Adam vol.7/84, the drawings on verso and recto may be associated with James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/63. The Thistle pendant is a variant of that shown on the verso of Adam vol.7/84. There is an unfinished chalk drawing for the badge in Adam vol.54/Series 7/243.

Level

Drawing

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