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[4] Design showing a plan of the top of a harpsichord case, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/7
Purpose
[4] Design showing a plan of the top of a harpsichord case, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the top of the harpsichord, drawn in outline with pencil-drawn ornament annotated, and reproduced to a slightly alternative design in full colour. The top is tripartite, with the two rectangular outer sections being ornamented with musical instruments enclosed by bands of enclosed anthemia, swags, husks, bows, musical instruments, and a border of enclosed double calyx. The central compartment of the top has a segmental section cut away for the player of the instrument, and is ornamented with a figurative panel, a coat of arms, swags of drapery, an urn, griffons, drops of calyx, musical instruments and peltoid shields
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Top of Harpsichord for The Empress of Russia
Signed and dated
- 1774
Adelphi / 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (443 x 595)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 25
Libin, 2001, pp. 355, 356, 360
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 25
Libin, 2001, pp. 355, 356, 360
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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