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[14] Finished drawing for the back parlour, c1775, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/119
Purpose
[14] Finished drawing for the back parlour, c1775, as executed
Aspect
Plan and laid-out-wall-elevations of a room with an apsidal end containing a central doorway surmounted by a fan overdoor. This is flanked by Corinthian pilasters ornamented with urns, arabesques and anthemia, and niches with semi-domed ceilings from which oil lamps are suspended. Above there is a frieze of rosettes and swags and a further frieze ornamented with a band of guilloche formed from wreaths. The opposite wall contains a central tripartite window with a cornice of lambrequins. The window is flanked by Corinthian pilasters and ornamental panels containing candle branches with an apron of peltoid shields. Above there are medallions, urns, calyx and anthemia. One long wall contains a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame as Adam volume 23/64. Beyond this there are further Corinthian pilasters and panels ornamented with painted scenes. The opposite wall contains two further doorways with cornices ornamented with rosettes and overdoors depicting figurative scenes. There are further Corinthian pilasters with candle branches, ornamental panels and a panel with a painted scene
Scale
bar scale of 6 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Lady Homes Back parlor
Signed and dated
- c1775
c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue, Indian yellow and yellow ochre on laid paper (441 x 591)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Verso
(Modern curatorial hand, pencil) vol XIV 119 / 60
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 13-14, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 36, 61
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 288-89, pl. XXVIII
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 13-14, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 36, 61
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 288-89, pl. XXVIII
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
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