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  • image SM Adam volume 17/131

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/131

Purpose

[42] Design for a fire grate for the great drawing room, 1779, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a fire grate, as Adam volume 24/209

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Grate for Sir Abraham Hume Baronet and faint pencil inscription (right)

Signed and dated

  • Oct. 1779
    23.d Oct / 1779.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (301 x 252)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

J Kool surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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