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[1] Design for a chimneypiece, possibly for the dining room in the Governor's House, 1776, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/80
Purpose
[1] Design for a chimneypiece, possibly for the dining room in the Governor's House, 1776, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles, ornamented with acanthus leaves, and with a frieze ornamented with connected hexagons enclosing rosettes, with a tablet containing an enclosed rosette, flanked by winged sphinxes, and with oval enclosed rosettes in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1 /2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Governors House at Chelsea and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1776
1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (408 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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