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  • image SM Adam volume 23/236

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/236

Purpose

[29] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the hall, c1772, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with a frieze ornamented with calyx, peltoid shields, festoons, and rinceaux

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney frieze for Wm Weddell Hall (in pencil) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1772
    datable to 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and pen on laid paper (334 x 337)

Hand

Possibly Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Harris, 2001, p. 357
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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