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[94] Finished drawing for a screen, 1773-75, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/79
Purpose
[94] Finished drawing for a screen, 1773-75, unexecuted
Aspect
Part plan and elevation of a screen as Adam volume 27/59
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Skreen for Lord Stanley [ _ _ _ _ _ ] (in pencil) / Skreen for Lord Derby (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / For The Earl of Derby (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1773-75
date range: 1773-75
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (479 x 625)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 221
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 221
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Robert Adam, The Creative Mind: from the Sketch to the Finished Drawing, Sir John Soane's Museum, 4 October 1996 - 1 March 1997; The Frick Collection, New York, December 1997 - April 1998; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, May - June 1998; The Octagon Museum, Washington, July 1998 - January 1999; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, February - March 1999
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Drawings by the Giants of British Neo-Classicism, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1 February - 1 June 2008; Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin, 3 October 2015 - 14 February 2016
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Drawings by the Giants of British Neo-Classicism, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1 February - 1 June 2008; Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin, 3 October 2015 - 14 February 2016
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk