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[33] Design for a ceiling for the ante room, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/50
Purpose
[33] Design for a ceiling for the ante room, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, vaulted ceiling ornamented with a central patera set within oval bands of foil and guilloche, and a symmetrical cruciform compartment ornamented with calyx and arabesques supporting anthemia. Beyond this there are reclining figures set within shells and semi-circular bands of calyx, all bordered by a rectangular band of calyx. All this is surrounded by festoons which suspend cameos and drop calyx, and the ceiling corners are ornamented with part-patera, calyx and enclosed anthemia. The ceiling is bordered by husks
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Anti room at Sir Watkin Wynns in S.t James’s Square / 50. / faint pencil inscriptions
Signed and dated
- September 1772
Adelphi / 8.t Sep.r 1772.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including olive green and Venetian red on laid paper (325 x 279)
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
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 284
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 284
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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