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[12] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the library, 1769, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/54
Purpose
[12] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the library, 1769, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with narrow paired fluted, banded columns with stiff leaf capitals; a pointed arched lining, ornamented with pilasters with stiff leaf capitals, miniature rosettes, and with rinceaux in each corner; with a frieze ornamented with anthemia, and the mantel is surmounted by a mantel clock flanked by small sculpted lions on circular pedestals, and small figurative sculptures on pedestals
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Library at Alnwick Castle
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (440 x 510)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Notes
Everything above the mantel has been cropped, and replaced with the current design.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
Stillman, 1966, p. 111
Harris, 2001, pp. 89, 343
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 111
Harris, 2001, pp. 89, 343
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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