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  • image SM Adam volume 23/1

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/1

Purpose

[2] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece, N.D.

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with fluted Doric pilaster stiles, a frieze of urns, festoons, arabesques, and anthemia, and with urns in the capitals

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for Mr Stewart

Signed and dated

  • N.D.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (405 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
Spiers, 1979, pp. 58, 88
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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