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  • image SM Adam volume 23/223

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/223

Purpose

[14] Preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the drawing room, unexecuted, November 1778

Aspect

Elevation as Adam volume 23/191 but without an elongated capital and a frieze ram masks and swags

Scale

1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

a side light / Mr Towers Drawing Room Chimney / Womens heade / insted of Rams and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • November 1778
    datable to November 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (335 x 225)

Hand

Robert Adam, title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
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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