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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/100

Purpose

[36] Design for a chimneypiece for the second library, 1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with tapering, fluted stiles and capitals containing patera. The frieze has a central tablet and this is ornamented with a pedestal supporting a globe flanked by winged sphinxes

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Second Library Chimney Piece at Roxburghe House (underwritten in pencil) / All Statuary / 100

Signed and dated

  • December 1777
    Adelphi / 31.st Dec.r 1777.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (408 x 291)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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