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[53] Finished drawing for the walls for the third drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/18
Purpose
[53] Finished drawing for the walls for the third drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
Aspect
Section showing the chimney wall, with a central chimneypiece ornamented with figurative panels, and surmounted by candelabra, and an overmantel mirror frame. The walls are ornamented with Corinthian pilasters either side of a door, grotesque panels, figurative panels, and a frieze of arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Drawing Room for the Duke of Cumberland
Signed and dated
- 1780-1785
date range: 1780-85
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including verdigris and Indian yellow within a single ruled border on laid paper (462 x 607)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Stillman, 1966, p. 78
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 78
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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