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[6] Design for a chimneypiece for the great dining room (now the saloon and picture gallery), executed with minor alterations, 1759
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/12
Purpose
[6] Design for a chimneypiece for the great dining room (now the saloon and picture gallery), executed with minor alterations, 1759
Aspect
Elevation as drawing 5
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/10 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney piece for Admiral Boscawens Dining Room D and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1759
[Robt Adam] cut Architect 1759
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (405 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, with inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume I, p. 142, Volume II, Index p. 17
Hussey, 1956, p. 54
Stillman, 1966, p. 90
Roscoe, 2009, p. 1078
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey, 1956, p. 54
Stillman, 1966, p. 90
Roscoe, 2009, p. 1078
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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