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[25] Full size working drawing for the ornamental panels of a pianoforte case for Queen Charlotte, 1780, probably unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/3
Purpose
[25] Full size working drawing for the ornamental panels of a pianoforte case for Queen Charlotte, 1780, probably unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a detail, showing the legs and base rail of the instruments, and a profile of a leg. The base rail is ornamented with anthemia, and the legs with acanthus leaves, anthemia, calyx and an enclosed rosette
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Design for the Queens Piano Forte (verso) 2
Signed and dated
- November 1780
Adelphi / 6t Novr 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink on laid paper (536 x 725)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
J KOOL and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
Harris, 1963, p. 54
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 275
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 54
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 275
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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