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[30] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/260
Purpose
[30] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with an architrave ornamented with laurel leaf tips, and a frieze ornamented with calyx, peltoid shields, festoons, and rinceaux, and with pencil-drawn annotations to the right-hand side showing a console stile
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Hall Chimney Piece at Newby
Signed and dated
- 1772
1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 290)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Stillman, 1966, p. 72
Harris, 2001, p. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 72
Harris, 2001, p. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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