[14] Finished drawing for a picture frame for an unknown room, 1771, not known to have been executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Hertford Street, number 10 (now Sheridan House), London: designs for interior decoration for Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne, 1769-71 (15)
      - Finished drawing for a picture frame for an unknown room, 1771, not known to have been executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/90

Purpose

[14] Finished drawing for a picture frame for an unknown room, 1771, not known to have been executed

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular, fluted picture frame, ornamented with rosettes and lion masks, and with candle branches springing from each side, and surmounted by an oval compartment, encircled by military trophies, and flanked by festoons and helmets

Scale

bar scale of 2 2/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Picture frame for General Burgoyne

Signed and dated

1771
1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (299 x 445)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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