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  • image SM Adam volume 24/215

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/215

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles, ornamented with rosettes and drop calyx. The frieze contains ox skulls and swags. The chimneypiece is surmounted by a mirror frame, flanked by draped figures supporting swags. The frame supports a pedestal surmounted by a basket containing foliage, flanked by draped figures

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

213

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including cerulean blue on laid paper (138x206)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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