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[111] Design for the library, 1760, executed with alterations
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 40/10
Purpose
[111] Design for the library, 1760, executed with alterations
Aspect
Section, with cornice and dado shown in profile, and showing the elevation of a chimney (north) wall, with a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster stiles and frieze, flanked on either side by broken-top pedimented bookcases, and pedimented doors. The wall is ornamented with six picture frames and a Doric frieze
Scale
2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Library at Kiddlestone for Lord Scarsdale / Cac Loth / Guircino / N Poussin / Guircino / Cac Loth / Claude and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1760
datable to 1760
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (488 x 321)
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
Harris, 1987, pp. 14, 42
Harris, 2007, pp. 30-31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1987, pp. 14, 42
Harris, 2007, pp. 30-31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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