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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/18

Purpose

[16] Design for a commode for the drawing room, January 1773

Aspect

Plan and elevation. Plan of the semicircular slab ornamented with urns in oval medallions, enclosed urns. Tripartite bow-fronted elevation with paw feet, and ornamented with figurative panels and griffons

Scale

bar scale of 3 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Commode for His Grace The Duke of Bolton

Signed and dated

  • January 1773
    Adelphi / 16t Janry 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes on laid paper (478 x 456)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Harris, 1963, p. 74
Harris, 1995, p. 73
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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