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  • image SM Adam volume 24/43

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/43

Purpose

[59] Design for the chimneypiece for the drawing room, c1770-71, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles containing figure-of-eight wreaths hung from masks, with urns in the capitals, a lining of laurel leaf tips, and a frieze ornamented with anthemia alternating with calyx, divided by scrolls of foliage

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

D:Y: River Front / Body of Building / Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room, All Statuary 9th. House and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1770-71
    datable to c1770-71

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (308 x 262)

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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