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  • image SM Adam volume 54/3/53

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/3/53

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design for a pedestal, 1761, as executed

Aspect

Rough elevation of a tapered pedestal ornamented with a wreath, bow and vines

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Mr Hamilton / Scale 1 Inch / to a Foot / Pedestal / For the Bust in the / Temple of Bacchus

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (61 x 150)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 99
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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