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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/33

Purpose

[42] Design for a ceiling for the ante room, 1778, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling ornamented with a central figurative oval surrounded by arabesques, calyx and rosette roundels, and all this is set within a lozenge. Beyond this there is an oval band of calyx wreaths, and the oval is flanked by rosettes set within wreaths and ornamental panels. The panels contain a central urn, and this is flanked by winged sphinxes and arabesques

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Cieling for the Anti-room at Roxburghe House- / 33.

Signed and dated

  • July 1778
    Adelphi 10th July 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including verdigris, pink, violet and Prussian blue on laid paper (368 x 261)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 39
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 293
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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