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London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished drawing of two crowns, each surmounted by an orb and cross, and with a coronet at the base.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/90
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished drawing of two crowns, each surmounted by an orb and cross, and with a coronet at the base.
Aspect
Details
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil
71 x 192
Hand
James Adam, Office of
Notes
The crown shown here is probably a version of that of St Edward and can be compared with those shown in the relief panels by Antonio Zucchi (1726-95) in this volume. It is part of the regalia used for Parliament, which included the sceptre shown in Adam vol.7/19.
Level
Drawing
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