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  • image SM Adam volume 23/119

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/119

Purpose

[15] Record copy for a chimney piece for the second-floor large south bed chamber, 1778, executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimney piece with volute console stiles, with pedestals and urns in the capitals, and a frieze containing triglyph and enclosed lion masks, with a moulded cornice above

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the large South Bed Chamber two pair Story / at Culean Castle / 119

Signed and dated

  • 1778
    1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (408x292)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

J WHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 9
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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