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  • image SM Adam volume 5/79

Reference number

SM Adam volume 5/79

Purpose

[35] Working drawing for a large epergne, c1781

Aspect

Plan of an ornamental panel of the outer wing of a plateau, ornamented with a patera, enclosed by a band of fluting, and anthemia, all within a lozenge, and triangular compartments containing urns, anthemia, and winged sphinxes

Scale

full size

Signed and dated

  • 1781
    datable to 1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen, and coloured washes including red, lemon yellow and black on laid paper (234 x 369)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

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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