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  • image SM Adam volume 22/202

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/202

Purpose

[104] Alternative preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the gallery, 1777

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with robed caryatid stiles, but the left-hand caryatid is robed differently from Adam volume 22/201, the right-hand caryatid is holding one arm aloft, and the left-hand caryatid is holding both arms aloft, and supporting festoons, and with a frieze, tablet and capitals as in Adam volume 22/201

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

3d 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 and pencil on laid paper (404 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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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