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  • image SM Adam volume 20/62

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/62

Purpose

[38] Finished drawing for a mirror frame for Lady Coventry's octagonal dressing room, 1768, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a circular mirror frame with a base is composed of two eagles. The frame is ornamented with two intersecting foliate volutes forming a garland, a peltoid shield, sculpted female half figures, and a circular coat of arms surmounted by a crown

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame[s] for Lady Coventry's Dressing room

Signed and dated

  • 1768
    1768

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (291 x 421)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
Harris, 2001, pp. 61, 63
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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

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