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  • image SM Adam volume 24/190

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/190

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with a style ornamented with a base embellished with a band of laurel leaf tips and a rosette roundel, flanked by griffin. Above this a draped figure is set within a niche and flanked by bands of drop calyx, with ram masks above. The capitals contain a mask set within a roundel and the chimney lining is ornamented with laurel leaf tips

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

188

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (215x204)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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