[2] Record copy for a wall elevation of a drawing room, 1790, executed status unknown

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  - Newton Don, Borders: designs for a dining room for Sir Alexander Don, 1790, executed status unknown (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/53

Purpose

[2] Record copy for a wall elevation of a drawing room, 1790, executed status unknown

Aspect

Wall elevation comprising three bays of multi-paned windows with panelled shutters, and drapery, with a moulded cornice and frieze containing rinceau, griffons, and medallions

Scale

bar scale of 4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of the Bow Window side of the Drawing room at Newton Don.

Signed and dated

20/04/1790
Albemarle Street / 20^h April 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured wash including cerulean blue, Naples yellow and violet on laid paper (527x320)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

J Whatman

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 24
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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