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[30] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the music room, 1775, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/164
Purpose
[30] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the music room, 1775, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a ceiling with apses on the long sides. The ceiling is ornamented with contiguous circles of calyx alternatively ornamented with a figurative medallion encircled by a band of enclosed calyx and rosettes, and a patera encircled within a band of rosettes enclosed within wreaths of beading. Between each circle there is a patera surrounded by calyx and enclosed within a curved lozenge ornamented with a band of laurel leaf tips. The apses are ornamented with a part-patera enclosed within a foil. Beyond this there are bands of swags, arabesques, laurel leaf tips and calyx alternating with rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 6 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Cieling of the Music room at Lady Home's in Portman Square. / 164
Signed and dated
- Jan 1775
Adelphi / 27. Janry 1775.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including olive green, verdigris and cerulean blue on laid paper (593 x 449)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Verso
(Modern curatorial hand, pencil) Vol 12 / 63 / vol. 12. 164
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 20, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 44-5, 64
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 290, pl. XIV
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 20, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 44-5, 64
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 290, pl. XIV
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
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