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  • image SM Adam volume 53/49 (part)

Reference number

SM Adam volume 53/49 (part)

Purpose

[15] Record drawing for a frieze for the hall, ND, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a frieze for the hall, composed of fluting, alternating with either an enclosed rosette accompanied by a crossed quiver of arrows, or a peltoid shield ornamented with a mask, and accompanied by crossed swords

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Honble. George Baillie (underwritten in pencil) / Hall / Beauclerk Bull Baillie (in pencil in a modern curatorial hand)

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on the laid paper of the folio page (292 x 470)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly James Adam, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
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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