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  • image SM Adam volume 17/158

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/158

Purpose

[62] Finished drawing for the state bed, 1776, as executed

Aspect

Plan and section of a domed canopy, with a frieze of stiff leaf, and surmounted by a finial. The dome is ornamented with a central enclosed rosette, encircled by an oval fan enclosing drops of calyx, and by festoons

Scale

bar scale of 1 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Inside of the Dome for the Bed

Signed and dated

  • October 1776
    Adelphi / Octr 18t 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris and Indian yellow on laid paper (349 x 504)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume I, p. 296; Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 99
Tomlin, 1972, p. 61
Harris, 2001, p. 177
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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