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  • image SM Adam volume 22/173

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/173

Purpose

[15] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the library, 1771, partly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with fluted console stiles, ornamented with acanthus leaves, with a lining ornamented with egg and dart moulding, with a fluted frieze, ornamented with three portrait medallions, with a mantel ornamented with laurel leaf tips, and with globes in the capitals

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney Piece for the Library at Ugbrooke and some measurements given in pencil

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (449 x 282)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
For a full list of literature references 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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