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  • image SM Adam volume 12/125

Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/125

Purpose

[21] Record drawing for a ceiling for the ante room, 1773, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a square ceiling ornamented with a central rosette set within a circular band of beading, with arabesques suspending calyx and oil lamps beyond. All of this is set within a symmetrical cruciform, with festoons of husks suspending peltoid shields and semi-circular bands of foil beyond. The corners are ornamented with suspended cameos, which have aprons of drop calyx

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Anti room at Ashburnham House / not a correct Copy / 125.

Signed and dated

  • April 1773
    Adelphi / 10.t April 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (511 x 426)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 298
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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