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  • image SM Adam volume 17/140

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/140

Purpose

[108] Design for a work bag, 1776

Aspect

Elevation of a work bag as Adam volume 24/233, but colour-washed

Scale

to a scale, possibly full sized

Inscribed

Work bag for Mrs Child

Signed and dated

  • November 1776
    Adelphi Novr 13t / 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including cerulean blue, black and yellow ochre on laid paper (329 x 251)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume I, p. 296, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, p. 51
Harris, 2001, p. 352
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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