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[59] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece, c1780-88, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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.
For a full list of literature see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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