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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/11

Purpose

[11] Design for a chimneypiece for the library, c1769, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with narrow paired pilaster stiles, a pointed arched lining, a plain frieze, and surmounted by a mantel clock

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney for Alnwick Castle the Seat of the Duke of Northumberland (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

  • 1769
    datable to c1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (497 x 521)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
Harris, 2001, pp. 89, 343
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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