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  • image SM Adam volume 22/281

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/281

Purpose

[15] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the eating room, 1771, as executed in 1990s

Aspect

Same as SM Adam volume 22/280

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Eating room for Baron Ord ~ / 281 / (in pencil) Baron Ord with some dimensions

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (406x291)

Hand

possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

GVI surmounted by a shield and the fleur de lis

Notes

The chimneypiece was executed to this design in the 1990s. It is not clear if it was executed earlier and has been removed at a later date.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
Brune, 1991, pp. 475-482
Further literature references in 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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