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[26] Working drawing for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/246
Purpose
[26] Working drawing for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777
Aspect
Full size elevation of a detail of the frieze showing fluting and a winged sphinx medallion
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Frieze for the Great Drawing room Chimney at Bolton House
Signed and dated
- July 1777-August 1777
date range: July-August 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes on laid paper (204 x 262)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Index p. 48
Harris, 1995, p. 73
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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