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  • image SM Adam volume 23/29

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/29

Purpose

[38] Variant design for a chimneypiece for the third drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece as SM Adam volume 23/28, but with alterations. The capitals contain figurative roundels and the upper frieze is replaced with a frieze of fluting

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the 3.d Drawing room at Ashburnham House / 29

Signed and dated

  • 1773
    1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (405 x 291)

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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