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[9] Finished drawing for a girandole, 1772
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/103
Purpose
[9] Finished drawing for a girandole, 1772
Aspect
Elevation of a girandole, with a central lyre motif, ornamented with rosettes, a mask, an acorn, an anthemion, acanthus leaves, and a festoon of bell flowers, and supporting gadrooned candle branches, and further festoons connected to flanking bows
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Girandole for George Keate Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1772
1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (631 x 425)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
Harris, 1963, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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