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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/144

Purpose

[32] Preliminary design for a fire screen, January 1782

Aspect

Partial elevation of a fire screen, with foliate and arabesque ornamentation

Scale

full size

Inscribed

For the Duchess of Cumberland

Signed and dated

  • January 1782
    January 1 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen and Prussian blue wash on laid paper (276 x 407)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
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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