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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
- ND
ND
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
Adam office hand
Level
Drawing
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