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[8] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1773, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/44
Purpose
[8] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1773, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central patera, and this is surrounded by geometric compartments containing rosettes and calyx, and all this is set within an oval band of guilloche. Beyond this there are festoons of husks, and wreaths supporting eagles, all set within an oval band of laurel leaf tips. The ceiling has corner rosettes, and is bordered with a band of reed and ribbon
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Hall. / at Sir Watkin Wynn’s in / S.t James’s Square (underwritten in pencil) / Cornice / 44. and some dimensions given (pencil)
Signed and dated
- September 1773
Adelphi Sep.t 16.t 1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (446 x 328)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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