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Reference number

SM volume 42/25

Purpose

Design

Aspect

Half-elevation of a rectangular mirror in a Rococo style. The frame decorated with acanthus and other foliage, a sphinx, lion's mask, drops, swag, candle-holder and (in the centre) a flaming urn. The wall surface outside the framed mirror is embellished by a festoon

Scale

to a scale

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen and washes on thin laid paper with missing top left hand corner (246 x 113)

Hand

unidentified

Notes

Comparison with, for example, the designs for pier glasses by John Linnell (d.1796) at the Victoria & Albert Museum (3466 - 3709-1911) show that the drawing catalogued here cannot be related to his work.

Level

Drawing

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

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