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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/44

Purpose

[107] Record drawing of a ceiling for the ceiling for Lady Scarsdale's dressing room, 1760

Aspect

Plan of a square ceiling with a central medallion encircled by arabesques, masks and urns within a curved x-shaped panel, with an oval medallion at each of the four edges. There are further arabesques and calyx ornamentation around the edges

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for Lady Scarsdale's Dressing room at Kedleston

Signed and dated

  • 1760
    1760

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes in one eighth including Indian yellow and terre verte within a single ruled border on laid paper (425 x 346)

Hand

Agostino Brunias with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Bristow, 1986, p. 13
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

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