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[31] Alternative record drawing for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/261
Purpose
[31] Alternative record drawing for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles, an architrave ornamented with waterleaf, and a frieze with pencil-drawn ox skulls on the left-hand side, and as Adam volume 22/260 on the right-hand side, but with a tablet containing an urn, surmounted by miniature sphinxes
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Hall at Newby / Wynes Hall (in pencil) / [cropped]d f [ _ _ _ _ ] and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1772
1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Stillman, 1966, p. 72
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 72
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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