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[6] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the front drawing room, 1769, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/212
Purpose
[6] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the front drawing room, 1769, as executed
Aspect
Elevation as Adam volume 22/213, but with a tablet containing an urn, winged sphinxes, and arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the front Drawing room for Robert Child Esqr / in Berkly Square (in pen) / and with feint pencil inscriptions on the right-hand side including D:Y. / Body of Building / Front Drawing R[oom], and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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