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[89] Record drawing for a chestnut vase designed by James Stuart, c1760-62, executed with minor alterations
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- Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire: designs for landscape architecture, alterations to the house, and interior design for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (created Lord Scarsdale 1761), 1759-72 (149)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/81
Purpose
[89] Record drawing for a chestnut vase designed by James Stuart, c1760-62, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of an urn ornamented with a medallion, festoons, Vitruvian scroll, ram masks, acanthus leaves, with a base ornamented with fluting, reed and ribbon, araebsques and ball feet, and a lid surmounted by an acorn
Scale
bar scale of 3 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
For Sir Nathaniel Curzon Baronet and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1760-1762
date range: 1760-62
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (407 x 291)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50, p. 63
Snodin, 1997, p. 17
Snodin, 2007, pp. 468-69, 480-82
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50, p. 63
Snodin, 1997, p. 17
Snodin, 2007, pp. 468-69, 480-82
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
James "Athenian" Stuart, 1713-1788. The Rediscovery of Antiquity, Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, 16 November 2006 - 18 February 2007; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 15 March - 24 June 2007
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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