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  • image SM Adam volume 25/10

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/10

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing showing a plan, elevation and profile of a harpsichord case, 1774, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan, elevation and profile as Adam volume 25/9, but to a different scale, and with an additional band of enclosed anthemia on the side of the instrument

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Front of the Harpsichord / for The Empress of Russia / Plan of the Harpsichord

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 (406 x 573)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 257
Libin, 2001, pp. 355, 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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