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[2] Finished drawing for the interior of a garden temple, 1767, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/144
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for the interior of a garden temple, 1767, executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a Dioceltian arched wall, with a female sculpture, supported by a pedestal ornamented with a panel of rinceaux, flanked by pulvinated and fluted lotus capital columns, and supporting a lintel ornamented with rosettes and festoons, and flanked by rectangular grisaille wall panels, and with a frieze containing drops of calyx between a serpentine ribbon, and above the frieze is a square panel of rinceaux flanking an urn, and this is flanked by triangular panels of rinceaux including half putti
Scale
bar scale of 4/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of one End of the Temple for Sir Charles Tynte Baronet
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (372 x 524)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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