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  • image SM Adam volume 14/145

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.

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