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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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