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[12] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the eating room, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/45
Purpose
[12] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the eating room, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling with a semi-circular apse, ornamented with rosettes set within roundels of foil and octagonal compartments, and these are separated by festoon bands and rosettes set with wreaths. The apse is ornamented with a part-patera set within semi-circular bands of festoons and of fluting. Beyond this there is a band of rosettes set within octagonal compartments, and the ceiling is bordered with a band of guilloche
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Eating room at Sir Watkin Wynn’s in S.t James’s Square / Light Grey / Light green / 45.
Signed and dated
- December 1772
Adelphi / 3.d Dec.r 1772.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including olive green and terre verte on laid paper (516 x 428)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 276
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 276
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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