[3] Design showing a perspective of a harpsichord case, 1774, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia: unexecuted designs for a harpsichord and pianoforte case, 1774 (9)
    - Rough preliminary designs, designs, finished drawing and record drawings for a harpsichord case, 1774, unexecuted (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/9

Purpose

[3] Design showing a perspective of a harpsichord case, 1774, unexecuted

Aspect

Isometric perspective with a top as above, but to a different scale, sides ornamented with enclosed double calyx, roundels containing musical instruments, swags, husks and bows. The eight legs in foru pairs are in the form of fauns, with a ninth central leg ornamented with crowned eagles from the Russian coat of arms, and the feet are ornamented with cable moulding

Scale

measured

Inscribed

Harpsichord for the Empress of Russia

Signed and dated

1774
Adelphi / 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (594 x 441)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
Beard, 1978, p. 54
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 257
Libin, 2001, pp. 355, 360
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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