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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/3

Purpose

[6] Design for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1772, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with the lining bordered with a band of egg and dart moulding, and the stiles ornamented with scroll work terminating in acanthus leaves. The frieze is ornamented with ram masks bearing festoons and flanked by rosettes, and there is a central tablet containing an urn ornamented with calyx, anthemia, and a band of gadrooning. Above the frieze there is a band of dentils

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Hall at Sir Watkin Wynn’s in S.t James’s Square / 3 / faint pencil inscription / not right

Signed and dated

  • August 1772
    Adelphi / 11.t Aug.st 1772.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407 x 292)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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