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[82] Finished drawing for the walls of the dining room, 1762
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 40/23
Purpose
[82] Finished drawing for the walls of the dining room, 1762
Aspect
Section, showing the cornice and dado in profile, and showing a side (west) wall elevation, with a central semicircular-headed recess ornamented with a fan, flanked on either side by a console door. The wall is ornamented with a frieze of calyx and urns, and roundels
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of Dining Room at Kiddleston for Lord Scarsdale / 23 (in pencil in a modern curatorial hand) / Original SK Vol54(3) (in pencil in the hand of Arthur Bolton)
Signed and dated
- 1762
datable to 1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (528 x 375)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index pp. 18-19
Harris, 1963, pp. 63-64
Stillman, 1966, p. 67
Harris, 1987, p. 30
Harris, 2007, p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 63-64
Stillman, 1966, p. 67
Harris, 1987, p. 30
Harris, 2007, p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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