Design for an entrance screen for the 6th Earl of Findlater, 1767, executed to a variant design (1)

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  - Cullen House, Moray: designs for the interior decoration of Cullen House and an entrance screen for James Ogilvy, 6th Earl of Findlater and 3rd Earl of Seafield, and designs for a chimney piece and furniture for the drawing room at Cullen House, along with a tea pavilion, town house or gardener’s house, and a gated lodge for James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield, 1767-83, executed in part (26)

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Design for an entrance screen for the 6th Earl of Findlater, 1767, executed to a variant design (1)

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The executed entrance screen differs slightly from this design, with a festooned frieze in the central entablature, which is repeated in the flanking pedestals for the lamps. The lamps were either not executed or have since been removed. The trophies were omitted and replaced with a rampant lion, and a coronet has been added to the pediment. The panelled doors were also omitted and replaced with iron gates to match the central gateway. The screen has since been extended but has remained sympathetic to the original design (King, p. 330).

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[1] Record drawing for an entrance screen and gates, 1767, executed to a variant design