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[19] Record drawing for a tripod, c1775-83, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/56
Purpose
[19] Record drawing for a tripod, c1775-83, as executed
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a tripod, with a base as Adam volume 6/48, surmounted by an urn, ornamented with gadrooning, lion masks, and swags (verso) rough pencil-drawn plan of the dining room showing the intended location of the four tripods in the apses
Scale
bar scake if 2 inches to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- 1775-83
datable to 1775-83
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes of cerulean blue and sepia on laid paper (288 x 543)
Hand
Possibly Robert Adam (verso) Robert Adam
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Beard, 1978, p. 61
Cornforth, 1979, p. 2008
Harris, 2001, p. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Cornforth, 1979, p. 2008
Harris, 2001, p. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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