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[70] Finished drawing for a chimney board for the state bedchamber, 1778, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/138
Purpose
[70] Finished drawing for a chimney board for the state bedchamber, 1778, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation as drawing Adam volume 17/139 but with a lower register of enclosed rosettes, festoons, arabesques and poppy buds, and with a border of enclosed calyx
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Board for the Bed Chamber at Osterly / (and in pencil) A Green Ground / Yellow ornam[ _ _ _ ] / same
Signed and dated
- August 1778
Adelphi / 22d Augst 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Naples yellow, terre verte and pink on laid paper (410 x 290)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Tomlin, 1972, pp. 66-67
Beard, 1978, p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Tomlin, 1972, pp. 66-67
Beard, 1978, p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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