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  • image SM Adam volume 20/15

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/15

Purpose

[47] Finished drawing for a mirror frame for the drawing room, 1765, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a square mirror frame ornamented with anthemia, strigils and crockets, with fans at the corners, and with an apron of acanthus leaves, and surmounted by an anthemion and acanthus leaves

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Frame for over Chimney Piece in the Drawing room / at Sion

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured including Indian yellow on laid paper (326 x 428)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
Harris, 1963, Index p. 52
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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