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  • image SM Adam volume 23/251

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/251

Purpose

[12] Working drawing for the frieze of a chimneypiece for the library, 1780

Aspect

Elevation of a detail of a frieze, composed of anthemia supported by calyx, enclosed within beads and arabesques, and divided by margents of calyx and tubular flowers

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Sir John Ramsden Bart.

Signed and dated

  • 1780
    datable to 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and green wash on laid paper (220 x 393)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
Spiers, 1979, p. 43, Index, p. 5
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 252
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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