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Record drawing of a long rectangular panel showing part of a relief of branching foliage with tubular flowers and birds emerging in scrolls from an acanthus, and with a mouse at the bottom. Unfinished double border with Egg-and-dart and foliage.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/54
Purpose
Record drawing of a long rectangular panel showing part of a relief of branching foliage with tubular flowers and birds emerging in scrolls from an acanthus, and with a mouse at the bottom. Unfinished double border with Egg-and-dart and foliage.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 63
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk189 x 562, central vertical foldline
Hand
Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)
Notes
This antique panel is similar to other compositions of the same type in this volume, see Adam vol.26/75 and 77, although these lack the naturalistic detail in this drawing, which includes a mouse and several birds.
Level
Drawing
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