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[5] Finished drawing for the north side of the great staircase, c1777, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/27
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for the north side of the great staircase, c1777, as executed
Aspect
Section showing the north side of the great staircase. At ground-storey level there is a doorway positioned to the right, with a part of the dog-leg staircase shown. At first-storey level there is a central painted panel, flanked by doors, with medallions and swags set above. At second-storey level there is a central compartment ornamented with a figurative tablet, which is surmounted by an urn and winged sphinxes, and has an apron of ox skull and festoons. This central compartment is flanked by panels ornamented with cameos, festoons and arabesques, surmounted by urns bearing anthemia. Above this there is a frieze of fluting, a coved ceiling, and a band of festoons, ribbons and rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 1¾ inches to 5 feet
Inscribed
North side of Great Staircase at Wormsley / (and in the hand of William Adam) the seat of Sir Abraham Hume (underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1777
c1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (376 x 526)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
2
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
Harris, 2001, p. 71
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 16, 26, 127, 258-59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 71
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 16, 26, 127, 258-59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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