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  • image SM Adam volume 23/162

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/162

Purpose

[90] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1784; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles, ornamented with acanthus leaves, and with a frieze ornamented with an oval medallion, flanked by festoons hung from bows

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney piece for the Anti room at Mr. Hesse’s House Adelphi

Signed and dated

  • 1784
    1784.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (426 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
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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