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  • image Adam vol.26/139

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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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