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  • image SM Adam volume 22/91

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/91

Purpose

[9] Design for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1763, executed with alterations

Aspect

Elevation and side elevation of a chimneypiece with volute stiles, a fluted frieze and bucrania in the capitals

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Hall at Bowood / Bowood (in pencil) / Lord Shelburne Hall (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 1763
    1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (405 x 278)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
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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