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[2] Rough preliminary design showing a detail of an elevation of a harpsichord case, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/127
Purpose
[2] Rough preliminary design showing a detail of an elevation of a harpsichord case, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough detail elevation with caryatid legs ornamented with bucrania and swags, surmounted by the case ornamented with a sphinx, vases, arabesques, and egg and dart moulding
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1774
datable to 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (268 x 158)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 257
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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