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  • image SM Adam volume 24/24

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/24

Purpose

[16] Design for a chimneypiece for the back parlour, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with console stiles, ornamented with masks, fans, and drops of calyx, and with a lining of laurel leaf tips, and a frieze containing trophies and festoons hung from bows

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

D:Y: River Front (underwritten in pencil) / Chimney Piece for the Back Parlor 2nd. House / Wood / Marble / Statuary and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • c1769-70
    datable to c1769-70

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (290 x 290)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
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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