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[6] Working drawing for the frieze for the great dining room, presumed to have been executed, 29 August 1780
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/17
Purpose
[6] Working drawing for the frieze for the great dining room, presumed to have been executed, 29 August 1780
Aspect
Full size elevation of a detail of a frieze, composed of winged sphinxes, flanking an urn on a pedestal, anthemia, calyx, and flowers
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Frieze for the Great Dining room at Cumberland House / Pall Mall (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- August 1780
Adelphi 29t August 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including yellow ochre and black on laid paper (301 x 710)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Stillman, 1966, pp. 78, 82
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, pp. 78, 82
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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