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[7] Finished drawing for a mirror frame, 1771, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/80
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing for a mirror frame, 1771, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame, ornamented with fluting, and acanthus leaves, with an apron of festoons, a mask, and ox skulls, and surmounted by winged sphinxes, an urn, anthemia, and figure-of-eight calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for John Stewart Esqr (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (254 x 404)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Harris, 1963, Index p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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