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| Keywords: Sketch of a French Empire style clock. Lyric love and Concord.jpg en Watercolour gouache and pen and ink on laid paper Numbered 3 Dimensions 66 cm by 50 4 cm To be executed in gilt bronze; enamel dial; black marble platform Cupid holding a laurel wreath and his bow the latter resting on the block fronted by the clock on which he is seated his foot resting on a truncated column a lyre and a circular shield to one side The shield ribbon tied to a staff with Bacchic thyrsus cone finial is charged with a lion and carries Concord ™s doves The frieze is centered by a pair of billing doves within a pointed oval flanked by stylised palmettes The billing doves in the frieze signify Love ™s embraces; the pair of doves facing each other on the rim of the circular shield indicates Concord http //watercolours-drawings com/details asp subGalID 5 index 2 author between 1814 1820 PD-Art French Empire style mantel clock Sketches Cupid on clocks | ||||
