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[30] Finished drawing of a wall for Lady Coventry's octagonal dressing room, 1765, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/145
Purpose
[30] Finished drawing of a wall for Lady Coventry's octagonal dressing room, 1765, as executed
Aspect
Wall elevation with a chimneypiece surmounted by a mirror frame ornamented with griffons, a vase, swags, arabesques, sphinxes, anthemia, and a figurative panel. The wall is ornamented as Adam volume 14/141
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- 1765
datable to 1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washed including sepia, olive green, and Indian yellow on laid paper (186 x 311)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 2001, p. 60
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 309
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 60
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 309
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk