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  • image Adam vol.26/171

Reference number

Adam vol.26/171

Purpose

Record drawing of a decorative rectangular panel showing two tied sheaves of wheat overlaid by a wreath with vine leaf sprigs.

Aspect

Elevation verso Detail

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand with a column of numbers

Signed and dated

  • Undated

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen 435 x 285

Hand

Unidentified eighteenth-century artist

Verso

Unfinished study in black chalk showing a decorative panel with classical head in profile and swags; it is a sketch for the composition in Adam vol.26/162, and is in a similar hand.

Watermark

crowned fleur de lys

Notes

The draughtsmanship here is very close to that of the ink sketch in Adam vol.26/156.
Unfinished study in black chalk showing a decorative panel with classical head in profile and swags; it is a sketch for the composition in Adam vol.26/162, and is in a similar hand.

Level

Drawing

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