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  • image SM Adam volume 25/213

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/213

Purpose

[28] Preliminary design for a sundial, c1761-71, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a sundial set within a landscape, ornamented with cable moulding, fluting, spiral fluting and anthemia

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Lord Shelburne / Dial

Signed and dated

  • 1761-1771
    date range: 1761-71

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (292 x 196)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
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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