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[9] Design for a chimneypiece for the back parlour, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/77
Purpose
[9] Design for a chimneypiece for the back parlour, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation as Adam volume 22/78, but with peltoid shields instead of enclosed rosettes in the frieze, and arabesques instead of festoons in the tablet, with pencil-drawn annotations
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Charles Rogers Esquire (in a later hand) / and numerous feint pencil inscriptions most of which are illegible but the words Mr Rogers / 7th House / Back Parlor are visible, and some dimensions given (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (413 x 277)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith and William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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