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  • image SM Adam volume 22/247

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/247

Purpose

[15] Finished drawing for the chimneypiece in the library, 1768, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with tapering fluted Doric pilaster stiles, and a fluted frieze, with rosettes in the capitals, and a tablet containing an urn flanked by half-putti and arabesques on either side

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney Piece for the Library at Saltram

Signed and dated

  • 1768
    1768

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (406 x 290)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
For full 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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