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[43] Design for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1778, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/34
Purpose
[43] Design for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1778, executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling ornamented with a central figurative oval, and this is set within an oval fan ornamented with anthemia and an oval band of guilloche
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
1.st Drawing room Cieling at Roxburghe House / 34
Signed and dated
- July 1778
Adelphi 21.t July 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including verdigris, pink cerulean blue and terre verte on laid paper (384 x 330)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
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.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 293
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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