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  • image SM Adam volume 49/23

Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/23

Purpose

[48] Preliminary design for the walls for the second drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the chimney wall, with a caryatid chimneypiece, surmounted by a mantel clock, and an overmantel mirror frame, ornamented with urns, anthemia, and surmounted by a lion and a unicorn either side of the royal coat of arms. Either side is a door with a naval overdoor panel, and the wall is ornamented with Corinthian pilasters, two girandoles, and a frieze of urns, festoons, and arabesques

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

1st 2nd Drawing Room in Cumberland House Pallmall

Signed and dated

  • 1780-1785
    date range: 1780-1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (465 x 592)

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.

Level

Drawing

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