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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/150
Purpose
Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular (?) ceiling with a central figurative medallion encircled by foliage, swags and lunettes set within a band of Vitruvian scroll. In the corner is a thyrsus containing a figurative medallion which is enclosed by a border of figurative panels and medallions
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
illegible pencil inscription / The C[ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] the outside / [ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ]
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (637x495)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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