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Unfinished design for a triumphal chariot showing a driving platform decorated with garlands and urns, mounted on two spoked wheels of different sizes.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/107
Purpose
Unfinished design for a triumphal chariot showing a driving platform decorated with garlands and urns, mounted on two spoked wheels of different sizes.
Aspect
Elevation
verso elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil on grey paper
163 x 200
Hand
James Adam, Office of
Verso
Unfinished sketch in black chalk showing part of a panel of arabesque decoration.
Notes
This design is for the triumphal car shown in the Quadriga drawing in Adam vol.7/36, and in less finished form in Adam vol.7/73. It may have been inspired by a print from the series of tempera paintings by Andrea Mantegna (c.1431-1506) of the Triumphs of Caesar. Some form of chariot appears on the apex of the entrance pediment in the elevation for James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/3 (see Adam vol.28/2).
Level
Drawing
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