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  • image SM Adam volume 24/164

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

Level

Drawing

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