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[37] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the second drawing room, 1775, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/167
Purpose
[37] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the second drawing room, 1775, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central tripartite design. The central compartment is ornamented with a figurative medallion enclosed within a fan ornamented with arabesques. Beyond this there is a band of guilloche, and urns flanked by half-putti and arabesques which alternate with panels containing cameos, and bands of beading and enclosed calyx. Beyond this there are corner paterae enclosed within fans and bands of guilloche. The central compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments ornamented with urns, swags, festoons, arabesques and anthemia enclosed within semi-circular bands of Vitruvian scroll, urns with half-putti and arabesques, beading and calyx. Each compartment is bordered with a band of anthemia alternating with calyx and all this is bordered by flora enclosed within wreaths. There is an additional alcove with niches on one short side and this is ornamented as in Adam volume 12/165
Scale
bar scale of 6 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Cieling of the Drawing room at Lady Home's in Portman Square / 167
Signed and dated
- March 1775
Adelphi / 25 March 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including olive green, violet, pink and cerulean blue on laid paper (601 x 401)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Verso
(Modern curatorial hand, pencil) vol. 12. 167 / 65
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Lewis, 1967, p. 448
Whinney, 1969, pp. 48-9, 64
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 304 fig. 426, pl. XXIX
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Lewis, 1967, p. 448
Whinney, 1969, pp. 48-9, 64
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 304 fig. 426, pl. XXIX
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
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
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