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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/27

Purpose

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

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with fluted Ionic column stiles, with urns in the capitals, a lining of egg and dart, and a frieze of enclosed rosettes, and festoons hung from bows

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

D:Y: River Front / Chimney Piece for the Front Parlor. 3rd House / Wood / Marble and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1769-70
    datable to 1769-70

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (293 x 251)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
Rowan, 2007, p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Vaulting Ambition: The Adam Brothers, Contractors to the Metropolis in the Reign of George III, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 14 September 2007 - 12 January 2008; The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, 19 April - 24 May 2008; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, 24 October - 13 December 2008

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk