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[13] Presentation drawing for a chimneypiece for the library, 1767, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/234
Purpose
[13] Presentation drawing for a chimneypiece for the library, 1767, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation with Corinthian pilaster piers, ornamented with urns, calyx, arabesques, anthemia, and olive leaves, beside a bands of egg and dart moulding and a band of fluting. The frieze is ornamented with deer masks, sphinxes, smoking altars and a central rectangular panel containing a globe, half figures and arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Library at Kenwood
Signed and dated
- 1767
1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (406 x 290)
Hand
Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Stillman, 1966, p. 71
Beard, 1978, p. 62
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 71
Beard, 1978, p. 62
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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