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[113] Design for the library, 1760, executed with alterations
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 40/12
Purpose
[113] Design for the library, 1760, executed with alterations
Aspect
Section, with cornice and dado shown in profile, and showing the elevation of a side (west) wall, with a central aedicular door with a Doric architrave. The wall is ornamented with three picture frames and a Doric frieze, with pencil annotations showing a broken-top pedimented bookcase to one side of the door
Scale
2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Library at Kiddleston for Lord Scarsdale / Andrea Sacchi / Salvata Rosa and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1760
datable to 1760
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (434 x 332)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias with pencil annotations in the hand of Robert Adam, and with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
Harris, 1987, pp. 14, 42
Harris, 2007, pp. 30-31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1987, pp. 14, 42
Harris, 2007, pp. 30-31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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