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  • image SM Adam volume 22/25

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/25

Purpose

[31] Finished drawing for the chimneypiece for the library, executed with alterations, 1761

Aspect

Plan, elevation and profile with volute stiles, urns in the capitals, a lining ornamented with Vitruvian scroll, and an elaborate pedimented overmantel with tapered Ionic pilasters, a frieze of fret, and acroteria, and containing a figurative panel

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Library Chimney Piece at Shardeloes and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (291 x 391)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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