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  • image Adam vol.26/75

Reference number

Adam vol.26/75

Purpose

Record drawing of a rectangular panel or frieze showing in relief scrolling foliage and rosettes issuing from an acanthus plant at one end. Details of part of the enclosing border of oak leaves and Egg-and-dart.

Aspect

Elevation

Inscribed

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 63

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk 592 x 202

Hand

Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)

Notes

This composition is very similar to those in Adam vol.26/76, 77 and 87, all three of which are inscribed with a capital L and attributed to Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (d.1793). They represent examples of relief panels without human or animal figures.

Level

Drawing

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