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[21] Design for a wine cistern, 1783, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/226
Purpose
[21] Design for a wine cistern, 1783, as executed
Aspect
Plan and elevation of rectangular, tapering wine cistern with apsidal ends, and ornamented with paw feet, lion mask handles, and a central rectangular panel surmounted by volutes and acroteria, and containing swags and a lunette-shaped compartment containing winged putti
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design for a Wine Cistern for William Weddell Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1783
datable to 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including lemon yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (375 x 294)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Harris, 1963, Index p. 51
Harris, 2001, p. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 51
Harris, 2001, p. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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