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  • image SM Adam volume 24/152

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/152

Purpose

[59] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece, c1780-88, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a small chimneypiece, with a blank lining and frieze, a tablet containing a lion and a unicorn, and one capital containing an enclosed fern, and the other an enclosed rose

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • 1780-1788
    date range: 1780-88

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (288 x 234)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
For a full list of literature see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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