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[25] Rough preliminary drawing made for publication for a title plate, 1773, unused
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 52/5
Purpose
[25] Rough preliminary drawing made for publication for a title plate, 1773, unused
Aspect
Design, intended for engraving, for the publication of the Kenwood part of The Works in architecture of Robert and James Adam. The central inscription is within a rectangular, framed panel, surmounted by an urn and sphinxes, ornamented below by bows, swags, calyx, peltoid shields, and garlands, all of which is enclosed by a wreath of oak leaves complete with acorns. Beneath is a further inscription regarding the publisher, and this is framed with beading, and a foil-shaped motif. To the left is a small design of a pedestal containing a putto, and to the right is a design for an incense burner supported by sphinxes, and with a small pencil section for the frame below
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Designs of Kenwood / Being the 2d Number if the / Works in Architecture / of / Robert & James Adam Esqr / Sold by T. Becket in the Strand & other Booksellers in Town & Country / 1773
Signed and dated
- 1773
1773
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen and pencil on sugar paper (492 x 293)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Tait, 1996, p. 46
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Robert Adam, The Creative Mind: from the Sketch to the Finished Drawing, Sir John Soane's Museum, 4 October 1996 - 1 March 1997; The Frick Collection, New York, December 1997 - April 1998; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, May - June 1998; The Octagon Museum, Washington, July 1998 - January 1999; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, February - March 1999
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk