[1] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1769, possibly executed

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    - Portman Square (7 Lower Seymour Street), for Francis Thomas Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry, 1769, possibly executed (5)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/7

Purpose

[1] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1769, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a square ceiling with a fireplace on one side. The ceiling is ornamented with a central wreath enclosed within overlaid lozenges, and this is bordered with Vitruvian scroll and reed and ribbon. The lozenge compartments are ornamented with urns flanked by arabesques, drop calyx and coronets. The compartments are surrounded by peltoid shields ornamented with rosette roundels, drop calyx and arabesques, and are surmounted by lion and eagle masks. The peltoid shields alternate with circular shields ornamented with masks set within rosettes and bordered by fret and rosettes, and the shields are crossed by military trophies

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Hall at Lord Kerry’s in Portman Square / 7

Signed and dated

1769
1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (530 x 427)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 167
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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