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SM Adam volume 50/33

Purpose

[29] Finished drawing for the west wall of the music room, 1775, as executed

Aspect

Elevation and section of the music room showing an elevation of the organ case. The organ has a base panel ornamented with rosettes enclosed within lozenges and wreaths, above this there is a band of rosettes within roundels and a panel of rosettes and festoons. The stiles are formed from paired Corinthian pilasters, the capitals are ornamented with urns and there is a frieze of fluting with an apron of half rosettes. The central panel is ornamented with arabesques and the case is surmounted by a lyre flanked by draped figures bearing trumpets. The organ is set within a relieving arch and flanked by pilasters ornamented as SM Adam volume 50/34

Scale

bar scale of 3 1/2 inches to 5 feet

Inscribed

Section of one end of the Music Room at Lady Homes (underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • Jan 1775
    Adelphi Janry 27t 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (590 x 442)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Verso

1

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

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