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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/13

Purpose

[9] Design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room (now the library), as executed, 1759

Aspect

Elevation as drawing 8 without pencil annotations
  • image SM Adam volume 22/13

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for Admiral Boscawen / Drawing Room now Library (in pencil in the hand of Arthur Bolton)

Signed and dated

  • 1759
    1759

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (405 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Laurent-Benoit Dewez, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam, and with additional inscriptions in the hand of Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
Hussey, 1956, p. 54
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

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk