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[16] Design for a coach panel, 1775-76, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/104
Purpose
[16] Design for a coach panel, 1775-76, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a triangular decorative coach panel, with one curving edge, ornamented with a central vesica-shaped panel, within a wreath of reed and ribbon, surrounded by calyx and arabesques enclosing rosettes, and supporting festoons and an anthemion, and with a border of alternating anthemia, and anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts, and with large calyx in the corners
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
For Lord Cathcarts Coach (in the hand of William Adam) (verso) 3 / 23 (in pencil) / 3 / Lord Cathcart Coach / This to be placed Twenty Third (in red pen)
Signed and dated
- 1775-76
datable to 1775-76
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Naples yellow, cerulean blue and pink on laid paper (550 x 380)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 29
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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