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London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a relief panel showing the conclusion of a battle in which a general in Roman costume crowns a kneeling figure. Another military commander with a broken sword is being chained; to one side are a trumpeter and drummer.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/117
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a relief panel showing the conclusion of a battle in which a general in Roman costume crowns a kneeling figure. Another military commander with a broken sword is being chained; to one side are a trumpeter and drummer.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown wash with white heightening on brown washed paper172 x 466
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. This scene may be an unhistorical depiction of the Battle of Bosworth, with the crowning of the victorious Henry VII by Lord Stanley in 1485.
Level
Drawing
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