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  • image SM Adam volume 22/68

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/68

Purpose

[12] Alternative finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the great room, 1765

Aspect

Elevation with piers ornamented with diminishing figure-eight of husks. The frieze is ornamented with arabesques and a central panel containing a vase, two eagles, swags and rosettes

Scale

bar scale 1 2/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room at The Earl of Coventry's in Piccadilly

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (390 x 292)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
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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