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  • image SM Adam volume 20/40

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/40

Purpose

[13] Finished drawing for an overmantel for the back drawing room, 1770, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of an overmantel, oval mirror frame, with the frame composed of reed and ribbon, encircled by enclosed anthemia, acanthus leaf arabesques, and four wreaths of bell flowers

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame over Chimney in back Drawing room at Mr Childs in / Berkly Square

Signed and dated

  • 1770
    1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (291 x 445)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
Harris, 1963, p. 54
Harris, 2000, p. 43
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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