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[81] Finished drawing for an ornamental grotesque panel, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/20
Purpose
[81] Finished drawing for an ornamental grotesque panel, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(81) Elevations for three bands of ornament - possibly for walls - with winged half figures with lion heads, a putti faun holding swags and supported by a tubular flower, acanthus leaves, olive leaves, rosettes, and calyx
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink, violet, verdigris and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (272 x 381)
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi
Notes
See scheme notes.
Literature
Spiers, 1979, p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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