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[14] Finished drawing for a pedestal, 1765
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/59
Purpose
[14] Finished drawing for a pedestal, 1765
Aspect
Elevation of a pedestal, with an unornamented square base, surmounted by a band of rosettes enclosed by lozenges, and waterleaf and tongue, a tapering shaft with a central relief panel containing figure-of-eight vines, a lion mask, arabesques, anthemia, and rosettes, surmounted by a band of waterleaf and tongue, a capital containing a rosette enclosed by a fan, a festoon, a band of guilloche enclosing rosettes, and bands of acanthus leaves, and fluting
Scale
bar scale of 2 4/5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Term for Candles for / Sir John Griffin Griffin
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (222 x 402)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Harris, 1963, Index p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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