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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/236

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the great dining room, c1767, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with pilaster stiles ornamented with peltoid shields, and drops of calyx, with a fluted frieze, and a tablet containing royal insignia such a G, an R, a III and a crown, enclosed by wreaths and festoons, and with rosettes in the capitals

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Great Dining room for General Skinner / at Fort George

Signed and dated

  • c1767
    datable to c1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 258)

Hand

James Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 31
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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