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[105] Alternative preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the gallery, 1777
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/204
Purpose
[105] Alternative preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the gallery, 1777
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with caryatid stiles, with the left-hand caryatid robed as in Adam volume 22/202, and similarly with both arms aloft, and the right-hand caryatid robed differently, and with one arm aloft and one arm bent, and supporting festoons, with a fluted frieze, with a tablet containing a half putto, and a putto riding a hippocampus, and with enclosed urns in the capitals
Scale
1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
4t Design of a Chimney Piece for the Gallery at Harewood (in the hand of William Adam
Signed and dated
- June 1777
Adelphi / 13t June 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and violet and Indian yellow washes on laid paper (410 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Stillman, 1966. p. 103
Mauchline, 1992, p. 80
Harris, 2001, pp. 146, 149
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966. p. 103
Mauchline, 1992, p. 80
Harris, 2001, pp. 146, 149
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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