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[10] Design for the walls of the hall, c1772, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/59
Purpose
[10] Design for the walls of the hall, c1772, executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations for a rectangular room, with a central door on one wall, flanked by rectangular grotesque panels and windows, and with a wall opposite with a central urn-filled niche, flanked by grotesque panels, and doors with rectangular overdoor panels, and one side wall has a central chimneypiece, surmounted by a rectangular trophy panel, and an oval overmantel mirror, and flanked by doors with rectangular overdoor panels, and on the side wall opposite, is a central urn-filled niche, flanked by narrow grotesque panels, and doors with rectangular overdoor panels, and the whole room has a frieze of enclosed rosettes and urns, connected by arabesques
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Design of finishing the four sides of the Hall for the Earl of Bective (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Medallion (verso) 14 (in pencil) / Hall for the Earl of Bective
Signed and dated
- 1772
datable to c1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (604 x 685)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
Harris, 1973, note to pl. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme note
Harris, 1973, note to pl. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme note
Level
Drawing
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