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  • image SM Adam volume 24/58

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/58

Purpose

Design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles, which are embellished with pedestals ornamented with paterae, festoons and ram masks and support draped figures with musical instruments. The capitals contain lion masks set within rosette roundels and surrounded by calyx. The frieze is ornamented with a band of fluting and a figurative tablet. The matel is ornamented with a band of dentils and rope moulding

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

58

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (292x408)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand

Level

Drawing

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