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  • image SM Adam volume 20/210

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/210

Purpose

[81] Design for a pier glass for an unknown room, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular pier glass, surmounted by two seated female figures flanking an enclosed urn supporting an anthemion

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Pier Glass for _ Hesse Esqr

Signed and dated

  • 1779
    1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, and violet and terre verte washes on laid paper (212 x 294)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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