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  • image SM Adam volume 53/1

Reference number

SM Adam volume 53/1

Purpose

[10] Record drawings for friezes for the hall and staircase, ND, as executed

Aspect

Hall- Elevation of a frieze ornamented with rosettes and ram masks linked with festoons Upper staircase- Elevation of a frieze ornamented with acanthus leaves, flanked by arabesques bearing acorns Staircase second storey – Elevation of a frieze ornamented with anthemia, drop calyx, and arabesques forming scrolled hearts Staircase first storey – Elevation of a frieze ornamented with rosettes set within foil roundels, and these alternate with pedestals supporting urns. The urns and roundels are linked with swags

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Hall / Two pair story of Staircase / 1. / Sir Watkin Wynn (modern curatorial hand, Arthur Bolton, pencil)

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (291 x 471)

Hand

Possibly
James Adam

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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