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Reference number

SM Adam volume 50/3

Purpose

[22] Finished drawing for the walls of the great drawing room, 1776

Aspect

Elevation of the west with a door surmounted by a half putti in scrolled foliage, repeated over the oblong tablet with a girandole below. The walls are articulated by embellished pilasters
  • image SM Adam volume 50/3

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Section for the Duke & Duchess of Bolton

Signed and dated

  • November 1776
    Adelphi / Novr 4 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including verdigris on laid paper (442 x 584)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Index p. 48
Harris, 1995, p. 73
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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