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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/39

Purpose

[76] Design for a chimneypiece for the great dining room, 1774; it is not known if this chimneypiece was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece as Adam volume 23/197

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Great Dining room at Lord Stanleys / in Grosvenor Square and some measurements given / (and in pencil) [ _ _ _ _ ] / This is doing [cropped] / for Mr Carter

Signed and dated

  • 10/03/1774
    Adelphi / 10t. March 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 292)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
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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