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[2] Preliminary design for an oil lamp, c1775, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/63
Purpose
[2] Preliminary design for an oil lamp, c1775, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a lamp with a centrally suspended oil burner. The lamp is ornamented with festoons of calyx and is supported by a base ornamented with an anthemion. The lamp is surmounted by a band of laurel leaf tips and a fluted lid supporting a coronet
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Lamps for the Countess Dowager of Home
Signed and dated
- c1777
c1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (204 x 289)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Verso
Pencil lines
Watermark
C TAYLOR
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Whinney, 1969, p. 26, 60
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 287, 404 fig. 563
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Whinney, 1969, p. 26, 60
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 287, 404 fig. 563
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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