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[52] 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 49/19
Purpose
[52] Finished drawing for the walls for the third drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
Aspect
Section showing a five-bay window wall, with three windows, and two doors flanked by Corinthian pilasters. The windows have gilt curtain cornices ornamented with medallions and female figures. Between the windows are two pier tables with fluted top rails, surmounted by candelabra, and pier glass frames, ornamented with festoons, lions, unicorns, half-figures, and an oval medallion. The wall is ornamented with figurative panels, and a frieze of arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Drawing Room for Cumberland House
Signed and dated
- 1780-1785
date range: 1780-85
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including pink and Indian yellow on laid paper (463 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
Exhibition history
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk