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London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a relief panel showing a queen with sceptre or baton on horseback, with soldiers, cannons and banners on either side. In the background are tents. The figures are all dressed in some form of classical costume.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/114
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a relief panel showing a queen with sceptre or baton on horseback, with soldiers, cannons and banners on either side. In the background are tents. The figures are all dressed in some form of classical costume.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown wash with white heightening on brown washed paper173 x 465
Hand
Antonio Zucchi
Notes
This is part of a set of four historical panels (Adam vol.7/114-117) that deal with aspects of British history and are by Antonio Zucchi (1726-95) for James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/63. Presumably the grouping is deliberate and they all delineate important incidents in British history. The queen here is possibly Philippa, wife of Edward III, shown here receiving the surrender of Calais in 1347.
Level
Drawing
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