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[106] Design for an urn motif plasterwork ornament, c1760-62
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/92
Purpose
[106] Design for an urn motif plasterwork ornament, c1760-62
Aspect
Elevation of an urn on a socle ornamented with acanthus leaves and fluting, and a body ornamented with enclosed unlobed acanthus, and multiple male figures, with a neck ornamented with fluting and acanthus leaves, and double scrolled arms
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
For Sir Nathaniel Curzon Bart
Signed and dated
- 1760-1762
date range: 1760-62
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (406 x 607)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
Campbell Hatfield, 1981, p. 6
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
Campbell Hatfield, 1981, p. 6
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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