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[86] Finished drawing for an ornamental grotesque panel, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/27
Purpose
[86] Finished drawing for an ornamental grotesque panel, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(86) Elevation of two bands of ornament running around a corner, the innermost band with winged putti, arabesques, acanthus leaves, tubular flowers, rosettes, calyx and urns, and the outermost band with masks enclosed by a series of hexagons, and an enclosed patera in the corner
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow and Indian red within a single ruled border on laid paper (384 x 272)
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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