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  • image SM Adam volume 17/136

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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