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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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