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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/44

Purpose

[63] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1770-71; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with fluted Corinthian columns in the stiles, with masks enclosed within oval fans in the capitals, and a frieze ornamented with an urn flanked by winged griffons with rinceaux tails

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

River Front D:Y: Body of Building / Chimney piece for the Front Drawing Room, All Statuary 10th. House / Back Room (in pencil) / Ld Shelburne (in pencil) / Chimney next (in pencil) / Hall (in pencil) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1770-71
    datable to c1770-71

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (334 x 278)

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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