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  • image SM Adam volume 20/95

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/95

Purpose

[14] Design for a mirror frame, 1771; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame, ornamented with lobes, and with terms supporting drops of calyx, and holding festoons to either side, and with an apron of festoons flanking an oval medallion, and surmounted by anthemia, and winged sphinxes flanking an urn supported by calyx and arabesques, and surmounted by a tubular flower

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for The Right Honble H: F: Thynne and some measurements given in pencil

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (253 x 406)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Harris, 1963, Index p. 54
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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