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  • image SM Adam volume 22/234

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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