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[62] Finished drawing for a turret room, c1763-64
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/74
Purpose
[62] Finished drawing for a turret room, c1763-64
Aspect
Section showing the side walls in profile, and a wall elevation with a long stool ornamented with fluted legs, ball feet, a seat rail of Vitruvian scroll and an apron of lambrequins. The wall is ornamented with a dado rail of scrolled hearts, a frieze of winged dogs, half dogs and half winged putti, grisaille and sphinx panels
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1763-64
datable to c1763-64
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (361 x 495)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Paper Palaces: the Topham Collection as a source for British Neo-Classicism, The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 May - 1 November 2013
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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