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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/63

Purpose

[72] Design for a tripod, 1778, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a tripod with a base ornamented with a band of enclosed anthemia, three winged griffins and a band of fluting. The tripod has paw feet and is ornamented with arabesques and an urn surmounted by a tubular flower and a draped figure. Above this there is a rosette, lion masks and festoons of husks. This is all surmounted by a band of foil and thyrsi

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Design of a Tripod for Lady Home

Signed and dated

  • 1778
    1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (166 x 439)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Whinney, 1969, p. 68
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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