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[13] Record drawing for a hearth slab for the drawing room, 1774, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/52
Purpose
[13] Record drawing for a hearth slab for the drawing room, 1774, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular hearth slab ornamented with a grid of connected rosettes and enclosed rosettes, and with a border shown with alternative designs of fret of exaggerated calyx (verso) unknown preliminary design
Scale
bar scale of 1 7/10 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Slab for the Drawing room Chimney at Northumberland House.
Signed and dated
- 09/07/1774
Adelphi 9 July 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow and red on laid paper (446 x 238)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Harris, 2001, p. 345
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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