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  • image SM Adam volume 22/233

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/233

Purpose

[5] Design for a chimneypiece, 1767, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with stiles ornamented with laurel leaf moulding, a plain tablet, and a frieze of anthemia and tubular flowers surmounted by a mantel ornamented with acanthus leaves and rosettes. The pencil underdrawing shows a broader mantel and frieze

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for Lord Le Despencer

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 39
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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