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[123] Finished drawing for alternative designs for an organ case, 1762
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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)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/1
Purpose
[123] Finished drawing for alternative designs for an organ case, 1762
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite organ case, with a pedestal containing double doors flanked by rectangular panels of musical trophies, supporting a band of lion masks, and arabesques, surmounted by four caryatids, between which the pipes of the organ are visible, and supporting a plain entablature with a modilioned cornice, surmounted by four urns ornamented with acanthus leaves
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Organ Case for Sir Nathaniel Curzon Bart
Signed and dated
- 1761-1762
datable to 1761-62
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and sepia wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (344 x 514)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
Stillman, 1966, p. 87
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
Stillman, 1966, p. 87
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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