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[4] Drawing made for publication for the Admiralty Screen wall, 1759
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/4
Purpose
[4] Drawing made for publication for the Admiralty Screen wall, 1759
Aspect
Perspective of street scene showing the Admiralty Screen as in Adam volume 35/1, but with additional figurative sculptures in the niches and lamps
Scale
measured
Inscribed
Perspective View in Parliament Street and the Screen for the Admiralty
Signed and dated
- 1759
datable to 1759
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (585 x 432)
Hand
Agostino Brunias (attributed by Rowan)
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 34
Rowan, 2003, p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 34
Rowan, 2003, p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity and the Architecture of Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 27 June - 27 September 2003; New York School of Interior Design Gallery, 29 September - 4 December 2004
Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 17 February - 9 May 2015
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 17 February - 9 May 2015
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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