Wall mirror
Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792)
Category
Mirrors
Date
1780
Materials
Carved and painted softwood and silvered glass
Place of origin
England
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871341.4
Summary
Large wall mirror in a white painted fluted frame of typical Adam design, surmounted by a cresting consisting of arabesques and winged female sphinx-like figures, and centred by an oval medallion, certainly in the style of Angelica Kauffman.
Provenance
Acquired by John Parker by 1772 and thence by descent. At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred on loan to NT Saltram in 1957 and transferred as an outright gift to NT in 1984 under s.9 of the Heritage Act 1980 to be maintained and preserved for display to the public at Saltram House with which they have a significant association.
Makers and roles
Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer attributed to Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), artist