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[35] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/10
Purpose
[35] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with the lining bordered with laurel leaf tips. The Doric pilaster stiles are ornamented with panels containing socle bases embellished with paterae, bands of fluting and ram masks. The bases support draped figures bearing flutes. Above this there is a band of calyx and anthemia set within niches, and a band of laurel leaf tips. The capitals contain masks set within roundels ornamented with enclosed anthemia. The frieze is ornamented with a figurative panel depicting a horse-drawn chariot, draped figures and winged putti. Above the frieze there are bands of dentils, rosettes and laurel leaf tips
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the first Drawing room at Sir Watkin Wynn’s in S.t James’s Square / 10
Signed and dated
- October 1772
Adelphi / 1.st Oct.r 1772.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (405 x 292)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 28, 284
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 28, 284
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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