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[44] Finished drawing for the walls of the first drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/21
Purpose
[44] Finished drawing for the walls of the first drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the two side walls, including a screen of two Corinthian columns. The first wall has a chimneypiece ornamented with a half-lion and half-unicorn in the frieze, and surmounted by an overmantel mirror frame ornamented with candle branches, rosettes, urns, anthemia, and surmounted by a lion, a unicorn, and Britannia. There is a window wall to the left, and beyond the screen on the right is a door, with overdoor panels on a nautical theme. The second wall, opposite, shows a corresponding door and nautical overdoor panel, and a further central door opposite the chimneypiece, surmounted by a figurative panel and a pediment
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Drawing Room in Cumberland House
Signed and dated
- 1780-1785
date range: 1780-1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including pink and Indian yellow on laid paper (455 x 609)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
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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