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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/276

Purpose

[24] Unfinished design for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with winged-sphinxes in the capitals, enclosed flowers along the frieze, and stiles ornamented with rams heads, patera, ox skulls, festoons, anthemia, medallions and an urn

Scale

bar scale of 1 4/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Great Drawing Room at Bolton House / Incorrect

Signed and dated

  • 1777
    Adelphi / 31st July 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes on laid paper (290 x 405)

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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