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[8] Finished drawing for the exterior door and flanking windows, c1763, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/45
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing for the exterior door and flanking windows, c1763, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a pair of glazed double doors, with rosettes ornamenting the lower register, and with an architrave ornamented with Corinthian pilasters with fluted paw feet, and scrolled hearts of foliage enclosing rosettes in the shafts, and surmounted by a lintel ornamented with lion masks, and alternating anthemia and double calyx, and the door is flanked by windows
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- c1763
datable to c1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (497 x 353)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Scara or Benedetto Napoletano
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
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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