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[43] Preliminary design for hanging lanterns for the staircase, c1768-79, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/60
Purpose
[43] Preliminary design for hanging lanterns for the staircase, c1768-79, executed with alterations
Aspect
Rough elevation showing a screen of two Corinthian columns, between which are three hanging glass lanterns, containing oil burners, hung from festoons, and ornamented with gadrooned lids, enclosed rosettes, and ram masks
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1768-1779
date range: 1768-79
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (267 x 163)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Tomlin, 1972, p. 97
Beard, 1978, p. 41
Harris, 2001, p. 169
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Beard, 1978, p. 41
Harris, 2001, p. 169
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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