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  • image SM Adam volume 22/259

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/259

Purpose

[39] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1774, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece as the left-hand side of Adam volume 22/258, with a drop in the stile

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room at Newby / This carried out (in pencil in a modern curatorial hand)

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (404 x 292)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Harris, 2001, p. 231
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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