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  • image SM Adam volume 8/150

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

Level

Drawing

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