Title

Design for a harpsichord by Robert Adam, 1774, (1946). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Design for a harpsichord by Robert Adam, 1774, (1946). 'Executed in London with different coloured woods for the Empress of Russia', Catherine the Great. Plan and side elevation of a musical instrument with marquetry decoration including the double-headed imperial Russian eagle. From "British Furniture Makers', by John Gloag. [Collins, London, 1946]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G33_204

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,2Mb (2,7Mb) / 13,3in x 17,8in / 3998 x 5353 (300dpi)

Keywords

England music arts country British English design decorative location century musical instrument Britain symmetry furniture concept symmetrical B&W 1940s Forties inlaid black & white black and white B W 18th century 20th century Eighteenth Century history The Print Collector decade harpsichord marquetry Unknown William John Collins Catherine II Catherine the Great Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt William Collins clavecin the Great Catherine von Anholt-Zerbst Katherine II social history Britain in Pictures William Collins & Sons John Gloag Gloag Robert Adam Adam Robert Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst An