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[114] Record drawing for an embroidery design for a circular pole screen, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/136
Purpose
[114] Record drawing for an embroidery design for a circular pole screen, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a detail as Adam volume 17/135
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Screen for Mrs Child C / the fair copy not shewn
Signed and dated
- November 1779
Adelphi / 4t Novr 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink, terre verte and Indian yellow on laid paper (254 x 419)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, p. 51
Tomlin, 1972, p. 81
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 51
Tomlin, 1972, p. 81
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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