[13] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame for an unknown room, 1771, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Hertford Street, number 10 (now Sheridan House), London: designs for interior decoration for Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne, 1769-71 (15)
      - Preliminary design and finished drawing for a pier glass frame for an unknown room, 1771, as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/88

Purpose

[13] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame for an unknown room, 1771, as executed

Aspect

Elevation as Adam volume 20/89, but surmounted by seated figures flanking an urn on a pedestal, and with an apron of festoons flanking an enclosed rosette/

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for General Burgoyne

Signed and dated

1771
1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (279 x 450)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
Harris, 1963, Index p. 55
Draper, 1999, p. 134
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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