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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/164
Purpose
Preliminary designs for chimneypieces, ND
Aspect
Above – Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric styles and the left-hand style is ornamented with a panel, which contains a mask and wreaths. The right-hand style is ornamented with a figurative panel. The capitals alternatively contain acanthus leaves flanked by paterae and a reclining lion. The frieze is ornamented with rosettes, masks and swags
Below- Elevation of a chimneypiece, with a Doric pilaster style ornamented with an urn, ox skull and ram masks, which suspend festoons. The frieze contains a central tablet, which depicts a rosette, set within a wreath and flanked by ram masks. This is flanked by a band of anthemia, alternating with calyx
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
162 / No. 1 (pencil) / No. 2 (pencil) / No. 3 (pencil)
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (322x206)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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