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  • image Adam vol.26/87

Reference number

Adam vol.26/87

Purpose

Record drawing of a rectangular panel showing scrolling foliage and rosettes emerging from acanthus leaves at one end. Part of a border with leaves and Egg-and-dart.

Aspect

Elevation

Inscribed

Inscribed in chalk L

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 63

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk 599 x 185

Hand

Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)

Notes

This composition is a companion to that in Adam vol.26/75 and 77, from which it differs in the rosette and border details. All 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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