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[35] Finished drawing for the study (now the China room), 1765-68
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/18
Purpose
[35] Finished drawing for the study (now the China room), 1765-68
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations of a rectangular room, with one window within a relieving arch in the north wall, and with a bookcase surmounted by a figurative lunette, within a relieving arch, opposite on the south wall. There is a central chimneypiece on the east wall, with a rectangular figurative overmantel, flanked by doors, and with a figurative lunette, flanked by roundels in the upper register, and opposite on the west wall is a bookcase surmounted by a figurative lunette, within a reliving arch, flanked by doors, and with two figurative roundels in the upper register. The room has a frieze of rinceaux
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of Study for Edwin Lascelles Esqr at Gawthorp and some dimensions given (verso) No 9 / Mr Lascelles and there is more inscribed here but the sheet has been cropped and only the top fragment of the letters remains
Signed and dated
- 1765-68
date range: 1765-68
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (591 x 503)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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