[28] Finished drawing for the south wall of the music room, 1775, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Home House, Portman Square, number 17 (now 20), London, for the Countess of Home, 1775-78 (73)
      - Finished drawings for the music room, 1775, as executed (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 50/36

Purpose

[28] Finished drawing for the south wall of the music room, 1775, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of the music room with three full-height windows set within niches with semi-domed ceilings ornamented as SM Adam volume 50/34. The windows are flanked by bands of rosettes, and the piers have pilasters ornamented as SM Adam volume 50/34 with medallions set above

Scale

bar scale of 3 1/2 inches to 5 feet

Inscribed

Section of Window side of the Musick Room at Lady Homes

Signed and dated

Jan 1775
Adelphi Janry 27. 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (594 x 442)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Verso

4 Sections of a Musick Room / Lady Home / 4 / 4 / (and in a modern curatorial hand, pencil) vol 50 62 / vol 50

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 18-20, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 44, 63
King, 2001, Volume I, pp.27, 290-91, fig. 409-10, pl. XIV
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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