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[1] Record drawing of a mirror frame for the picture gallery, 1767, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/55
Purpose
[1] Record drawing of a mirror frame for the picture gallery, 1767, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame, with the frame ornamented with unlobed acanthus leaves, anthemia and strigils, flanked by drops of calyx, terms, and festoons ornamenting the side of the frame, supported by winged sphinxes, with rinceau tails, flanking anthemia, and on a base ornamented with enclosed rosettes, and swags, and the frame is surmounted by rinceaux, rosettes, winged griffons, and surmounted by a tazza
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for Paul Methuen Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1767
1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (289 x 456)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
Harris, 1963, pp. 49, 77-78
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 49, 77-78
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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