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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/194

Purpose

[23] Preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece ornamented with ram masks, and patera in one capital

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Duke of Boltons Drawing Room

Signed and dated

  • July 1777
    datable to July 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (283 x 341)

Hand

Robert Adam

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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