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  • image SM Adam volume 23/86

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/86

Purpose

[2] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room of a house, 1777, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a chimney piece with stiles decorated with calyx drops in panels, and capitals adorned with medallions containing figures, and a frieze decorated with urns and festoons with calyx drops, and a moulded cornice above with beading and guilloche

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Drawing room at Aikenhead / Wood / Marble with some dimensions / (and in a curator’s hand) 86

Signed and dated

  • 9/8/1777
    Adelphi / August 9.& 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (360x251)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Jospeh Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 1
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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