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Record drawing of part of a panel showing in relief a central animal skull with ears attached. This is flanked by two partly transmogrified griffins and sinuous foliage.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/146
Purpose
Record drawing of part of a panel showing in relief a central animal skull with ears attached. This is flanked by two partly transmogrified griffins and sinuous foliage.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown wash on brown washed paper, ink framing line
204 x 842, vertical foldline
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi (attributed to)
Notes
The composition is probably a companion to Adam vol.26/145 and like that drawing it may be connected with James Adam's scheme of 1762/3 for the Parliament House, London, drawings for which are found in Adam volume 7. There is a similar composition in Adam vol.26/34 where the skull has been replaced by an urn, and there is another version in Adam vol.19/103.
Level
Drawing
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