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[8] Design for an organ case, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/14
Purpose
[8] Design for an organ case, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a tripartite organ case, flanked by doors, with medallion overdoors, and the organ case has a panelled, unornamented lower register, and the upper register is articulated by fluted Doric pilasters, and the front is panelled, and with a frieze of fluting, and enclosed rosettes, and with a pediment with three acroteria across the central portion of the case
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Organ Case for Hutchinson Mure Esqr
Signed and dated
- December 1775
Adelphi 1st Decr / 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (534 x 422)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 275
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 275
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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