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  • image SM Adam volume 24/261

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/261

Purpose

[32] Finished drawing for a door panel for the great drawing room, 1774, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a square door panel, ornamented with a central circular medallion, within a frame of waterleaf and husks, supported by rinceaux enclosing rosettes, and hung by a bow from festoons and drops of bell flowers, connected to a mask flanked by rosettes, and supporting two musical trophies

Scale

to a scale, possibly full size

Inscribed

Earl of Derby

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    datable to 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, pink, and terre verte on laid paper (298 x 302)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
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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