[166] Design for a medallion, c1769-74; it is not known if this design was executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - The Adelphi, London: designs for a speculative complex built by William Adam & Co., 1768-84 (168)
      - Designs for unknown interiors
        Preliminary designs and designs for ornamentation to walls, ceilings, door panels or furniture for unknown rooms in unknown houses, c1769-74; it is not known if these designs were executed (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 18/86

Purpose

[166] Design for a medallion, c1769-74; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a medallion, containing a female figure in antique dress, writing on an oval board, which is resting against paired columns, between which is a unicorn, which is resting on a pedestal ornamented with a relief panel containing a figurative scene, and on the ground is a thistle and a cornucopia

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

1769-74
date range: 1769-74

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (210 x 226)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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