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[5] Finished drawing for the drawing room, 1758-59, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/63
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for the drawing room, 1758-59, as executed
Aspect
Section showing a coved ceiling and the elevation of the chimney-wall (west wall). The chimneypiece has a broken-topped pediment overmantel with female terms, and is flanked by doors with a segmental pediment
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Drawing Room for General Bland at Thistleworth / Section of the Drawing room (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1758-1759
datable to 1758-59
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and pink and Naples yellow washes within a single ruled border on laid paper (640 x 392)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, and title inscription in the same office hand with an addition by William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
Stillman, 1966, p. 62
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 62
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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