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Design for the hall, and finished drawing for one wall, c1761, executed with minor alterations (2)
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Design for the hall, and finished drawing for one wall, c1761, executed with minor alterations (2)
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The hall was located at the centre of the south front of the original house. These drawings show the room as executed by Adam in 1761, albeit with single, rather than paired screen columns. The chimneypiece was added two years later. The hall interior was lost in the demolition of 1955.
In execution there were steps leading up to the door behind the screen, and these steps are not shown in either of these drawings. The Dying Gaul sculpture which was placed in the hall is replaced in Adam volume 39/71 with a reclining female nude, and transported to the Diocletian opening rather than being at ground level.
Around the walls of the hall there were originally six white-painted stools, made by Linnell in 1764, and designed by Adam, although there is no extant drawing. They were modelled on an antique bath which appears in Piranesi's Campo Marzi dell Antica Roma (1762).
In execution there were steps leading up to the door behind the screen, and these steps are not shown in either of these drawings. The Dying Gaul sculpture which was placed in the hall is replaced in Adam volume 39/71 with a reclining female nude, and transported to the Diocletian opening rather than being at ground level.
Around the walls of the hall there were originally six white-painted stools, made by Linnell in 1764, and designed by Adam, although there is no extant drawing. They were modelled on an antique bath which appears in Piranesi's Campo Marzi dell Antica Roma (1762).
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Contents of Design for the hall, and finished drawing for one wall, c1761, executed with minor alterations (2)
- [6] Design for the hall c1761, executed with minor alterations
- [7] Finished drawing for one wall, c1761, executed with minor alterations