[18] Rough preliminary design for a lantern on a pedestal for the staircase, c1768-69, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Kenwood, Hampstead, London: designs for the house and park for William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, 1764-83 (55)
    - House and interior
      - Rough preliminary design for a lantern on a pedestal for the staircase, c1768-69, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 6/69

Purpose

[18] Rough preliminary design for a lantern on a pedestal for the staircase, c1768-69, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a pedestal, in the shape of a tapering term ornamented with a drop of calyx and a swag in the capital, surmounted by a glass urn containing a candle

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

4 Terms are wanted for the / Great Staircase at Kenwood / Nr Nelson is to make one / Compleat, & if that is liked / he is to do 3 more / 4 foot

Signed and dated

1768-69
date range: 1768-69

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (94 x 215)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1963, p. 50
Bryant, 1990, p. 11
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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