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[6] Design for the end wall for the drawing room, 1770-73, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 39/7
Purpose
[6] Design for the end wall for the drawing room, 1770-73, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of an end wall with a central tripartite mirror frame, ornamented with calyx, an urn, and a medallion, above a dado with an apron of festoons, and the mirror is flanked by paired lotus capital pilasters. Beneath the mirror is a sofa and chairs, flanked by doors surmounted by overdoor medallions within square frames, and a wreath punctuated with enclosed rosettes and anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Drawing Room Northumberland house London (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) 3
Signed and dated
- 1770-73
datable to 1770-73
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink, verdigris and Indian yellow on laid paper (1021 x 516)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)
Watermark
XDCB within cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
Harris, 1963, pp. 56, 82
Stillman, 1966, p. 74
Beard, 1978, p. 64
Harris, 2001, pp. 99, 344, 345
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 314
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 56, 82
Stillman, 1966, p. 74
Beard, 1978, p. 64
Harris, 2001, pp. 99, 344, 345
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 314
For a full list of literature references see 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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