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  • image SM Adam volume 24/151

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/151

Purpose

Design for a chimneypiece. ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles, ornamented with drop calyx, paterae and fans. The capitals contain draped figures bearing festoons, and the frieze is ornamented with a band of fluting and a figurative roundel, flanked by roundels depicting a lion and unicorn, with festoons of beading set in between

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

150 / [___] 4.2 wide by 3.10 high (pencil) / Wood Carved and painted (pencil) / all before this Luna Marble (pencil)

Signed and dated

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Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue, pink, Naples yellow and Indian red on laid paper (254x375)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand

Level

Drawing

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