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  • image SM Adam volume 23/94

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/94

Purpose

[12] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for a bedchamber, 1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with capitals containing paterae, and a mantel with an apron ornamented with a band of laurel-leaf tips

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Bed Chambers at Mess.rs Drummonds / Charing Cross- / 94

Signed and dated

  • August 1777
    Adelphi / Aug.st 1777.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (407 x 293)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

JWHATMAN

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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