[87] Record drawing for the urn and cistern of a seventeenth-century wine fountain, c1760-62

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire: designs for landscape architecture, alterations to the house, and interior design for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (created Lord Scarsdale 1761), 1759-72 (149)
    - Designs for the interior decoration and furniture including the hall, saloon, drawing room, dining room, music room, library, ante room, breakfasting parlour, staircase, state bed room, and principal dressing rooms
      - Record drawings for the urn and cistern of a seventeenth-century wine fountain, c1760-62 (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/83

Purpose

[87] Record drawing for the urn and cistern of a seventeenth-century wine fountain, c1760-62

Aspect

Elevation of an urn ornamented with acanthus leaves, a lion mask, acrolled arms, and the lid surmounted by a putti riding a dolphin

Scale

bar scale of 3 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

For Sir Nathaniel Curzon Baronet and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1760-1762
date range: 1760-62

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (407 x 291)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1987, p. 31
Snodin, 1997, p. 17
Snodin, 2007, pp. 468-69
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

James "Athenian" Stuart, 1713-1788. The Rediscovery of Antiquity, Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, 16 November 2006 - 18 February 2007; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 15 March - 24 June 2007

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