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[3] Record copy for a wall elevation of a drawing room, 1790, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/54
Purpose
[3] Record copy for a wall elevation of a drawing room, 1790, executed status unknown
Aspect
Wall elevation comprising a central chimneypiece with an overmantel mirror frame adorned with scrolled hearts, festoons, reclining figures and anthemion, flanked by panelled doors within moulded architraves decorated with enclosed rosettes and medallions, with plaques with figures above, with a moulded cornice and frieze containing rinceau, griffons, and medallions
Scale
bar scale of 4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section of the Chimney side of the Drawing room at Newton Don for Sir Alexr Don, Baronet.
Signed and dated
- 20/4/1790
Albemarle Street / 20h April 1790
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including cerulean blue, Naples yellow, sepia and violet on laid paper (527x319)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 24
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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