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Date of creation inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

Adamson Collection

Identified works created in Adamson's studios

Works by Francesca

A yellow and black pattern of circles and triangles on a dark red ground

A purple star-shaped creature in a hilly green landscape

A cannon firing a projectile in a field with a six-storey decorative tower to the left and small palm tree to the right

Coat of arms containing red and white roses and a sword, with tendrils and flowers all around

A causeway across a bay with the sun on the horizon

Three wilting flowers at night, midday and sunrise, with shapes in red and purple on a black ground

Red, yellow, green, blue and orange flower, tendril and squiggle shapes, surrounded by a red and yellow oval border

Multicolour tendrils growing out of a rounded blue, green and purple shape above, and surrounded by a red and green garland

Two green monsters among feet, boots, shoes and talons

A faint human figure on the top of a cliff with a path illuminated by the moon in the sea below

Red, yellow, turquoise and purple tendril shapes

A leafless tree with a mountain in the background

A woman wearing a purple dress and a veil standing in a garden next to a table

Sails in red, yellow and blue stripes, with trees behind

Roads in the form of arrows in green, red, blue, pink and black, on a yellow ground

A fire-breathing dragon, with forests and mountains behind

Yellow boxes with a green bell on a red ground

A leafless tree growing in green grass with a sunburst behind

"Reach for the Sky"

Cisterns and pipework

Jagged mountains and trees in red, orange and brown, a starry night sky with moon and forked lightning in the background

Purple flowers in a green vase next to a window showing tower blocks

Moonlight reflecting in a path on a black sea under a starry night sky

Landscape in blocks of black, blue, green, purple, brown and red, under a pastel pink, yellow, blue and purple sky

A leaf and plants on a dark brown and green landscape, under a blue and grey sky

Blue and black cubes with bass and treble clefs in purple underneath, on a red, orange, yellow and green column

Two green goblets and two grey carafes on a brown table

Red and blue stripes adjacent to a yellow and green chequered plane, with three black and white patterned circles

Rounded squiggles in yellow and red, possibly representing an electrical connection

Dense green, purple, blue, red, yellow and black squiggles

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