[63] Finished drawing for a turret room, c1763-64

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Syon House, Brentford, Greater London: designs for the interior and the park for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1761-69 (69)
    - Finished drawing for a turret room, c1763-64 (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 27/75

Purpose

[63] Finished drawing for a turret room, c1763-64

Aspect

Section showing the side walls in profile, and a wall elevation with a long stool as in drawing 62 set within a rectangular recess, and the walls ornamented as in Adam volume 27/74

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Sion (in pencil) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

1763-64
datable to c1763-64

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (359 x 487)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Paper Palaces: the Topham Collection as a source for British Neo-Classicism, The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 May - 1 November 2013

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

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