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[49] Finished drawing for the Etruscan room / third drawing room, c1775, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/134
Purpose
[49] Finished drawing for the Etruscan room / third drawing room, c1775, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a room with Etruscan-style ornamentation and with a central tripartite window surmounted by a cornice ornamented with a band of enclosed anthemia and with corner anthemia and thyrsi crenellations above. The piers and walls are ornamented as SM Adam volume 14/132, with the windows flanked by additional ornamental panels with arabesques and a tubular flower supporting a half-putto bearing swags and a cameo. This is surmounted by further arabesques and a cameo flanked by winged figures, with a tablet containing a fan above. This is surmounted by a tripod and urn flanked by winged griffin which suspend drop calyx, oil lamps and further cameos. The room has a frieze as for the lady's dressing room, SM Adam volume 53/8
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
22 (pencil) / 134
Signed and dated
- c1775
c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including yellow ochre, black and olive green on laid paper (414 x 320)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 21-22, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 53, 66
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 27, 197-198, 290
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 21-22, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 53, 66
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 27, 197-198, 290
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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