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  • image SM Adam volume 12/67

Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/67

Purpose

[8] Record drawing for a ceiling plan for a study, 1770, as executed in 1990s

Aspect

Square plan comprising a central, figurative medallion enclosed by a series of bands, some of which are decorated with patterns including fluting and guilloche, enclosed by a continuous triangular band with anthemion in each triangle, with peltoid shields and festoons beyond

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Cieling for the Study for Lord Chief Baron Ord

Signed and dated

  • 1770
    1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, and coloured wash including olive green, cerulean blue, Indian red, Indian yellow and pink on laid paper (434x410)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

LVG

Notes

The ceiling was executed to this design in the 1990s. It is not clear if it was executed earlier and has been lost or removed at a later date.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2020, p245
Brune, 1991, pp. 475-482
Further literature references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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