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  • image SM Adam volume 35/2

Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/2

Purpose

[5] Working drawing for sculptural additions to the Admiralty Screen, as executed, 1759

Aspect

Elevation of a Roman ship's prow in profile

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Prows of Ancient Vessels proposed to be Carved in the pediment of the / Gateway for the Admiralty

Signed and dated

  • 1759-60
    datable to 1759-60

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (517 x 278)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
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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