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  • image SM Adam volume 22/54

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.

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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