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  • image SM Adam volume 23/41

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/41

Purpose

[78] Design for a chimneypiece for the library, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with fluted stiles, a frieze ornamented with a central medallion containing a globe, and with urns on pedestals in the capitals

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Library Chimney at Lord Stanley's in Grosvenor Square and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    177[cropped] and datable to 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (405 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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