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  • image SM Adam volume 20/80

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.

Level

Drawing

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

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