Explore Collections

You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
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.
Browse
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk