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[82] Finished drawing for the 2nd drawing room (now the cinnamon drawing room), 1766-69, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/11
Purpose
[82] Finished drawing for the 2nd drawing room (now the cinnamon drawing room), 1766-69, executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations, of a rectangular room, with a coved ceiling ornamented with fluting, enclosed rosettes and anthemia, lozenges of calyx, winged sphinxes, and medallions, with three arched windows surmounted by voluted curtain cornices, and four rectangular pier glasses on the south wall, and on the north wall opposite is a central chimneypiece, flanked by doors, and with a single door on the southern end of the east and west walls, and the chimneypiece, doors, and walls have friezes of anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Library at Gawthorpe the Seat of Edwin Lascelles Esqr (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1766-69
date range: 1766-69
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes within a single ruled border on laid paper (906 x 642)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, and title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Mauchline, 1992, p. 70
Harris, 2001, p. 143
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Mauchline, 1992, p. 70
Harris, 2001, p. 143
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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