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  • image SM Adam volume 23/88

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/88

Purpose

[8] Design for a chimneypiece for the shop, 1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster stiles and capitals ornamented with rosettes, a band of laurel-leaf tips, ram masks and festoons. The frieze has an upper band of fluting and a central tablet containing an urn

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Shop at Mess.rs Drummonds at Charing Cross / 88

Signed and dated

  • August 1777
    Adelphi / 16. Aug.st 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (408 x 292)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 52
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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