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