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  • image SM Adam volume 23/21

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/21

Purpose

[10] Design for a chimneypiece for the ground-floor drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece as SM Adam volume 23/20, but with minor alterations. The fluted band for the mantelpiece is omitted

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Drawing Room Parlor Story. Facia Marble the other part of Wood / Marble / 21 / faint pencil inscription and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • August 1773
    Adelphi August 18.t 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (295 x 237)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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