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[4] Finished drawing for alternative designs for the octagonal dining room, c1760-61, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/113
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for alternative designs for the octagonal dining room, c1760-61, unexecuted
Aspect
Section of an octagonal room, with a deep relieving arch on each wall, with a soffit ornamented either with octagonal coffering containing rosettes, or arabesques above figurative medallions flanked by festoons. The central bay contains a caryatid chimneypiece supporting an aedicular overmantel containing a landscape scene. To the left is a door with a console doorframe seen in section. To the right are two Venetian windows - one in section. The walls are ornamented with military trophies in the spandrels above the relieving arches, and a frieze of anthemia and calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Octagon Room for / The Right Honorable Lord Digby (verso) Lord Digby
Signed and dated
- 1760-1761
datable to c1760-61
Medium and dimensions
Pen and grey and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (717 x 457)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
LVG and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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