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  • image SM Adam volume 23/165

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/165

Purpose

[40] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the middle bedroom, executed with alterations, 1783

Aspect

Elevation with paired, elongated Ionic pilasters surmounted by oval rosettes, and a frieze ornamented with fluting

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney piece for The Earl of Mansfield at Kenwood

Signed and dated

  • 1783
    1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (432 x 334)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
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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