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[10] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1769, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/254
Purpose
[10] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1769, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with tapering pilaster stiles, ornamented with vines, and surmounted by enclosed paterae, and masks in the capitals, with a fluted lining, with enclosed urns in the corners, and with a frieze ornamented with wreaths, crossed by thyrsi, and swags, and with a tablet containing a half putto, flanked by rinceaux
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/10 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Dining room at Newby
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
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. 23
Harris, 2001, p. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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