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Record drawing of a seated winged lion with a human head resting one of its front paws on a spoked wheel.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/139
Purpose
Record drawing of a seated winged lion with a human head resting one of its front paws on a spoked wheel.
Aspect
Detail
Signed and dated
- Undated
Medium and dimensions
Black and brown chalk with white heightening on blue paper
127 x 191
Hand
Unidentified eighteenth-century artist
Notes
The compositions in Adam vol.26/138-40 and 142 are all part of a set of drawings on blue paper, which are probably copies after antique gems or cameos.
Level
Drawing
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