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  • image SM Adam volume 52/135

Reference number

SM Adam volume 52/135

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with an apse, with a central square panel containing a figurative medallion set within a lozenge bordered by sphinxes, guilloche, an alternating band of arabesques, figurative medallions, and winged figures, and by palmettes. There are portrait medallions and swags in each corner of the central panel, which is flanked by panels containing lunettes with arabesques, oil lamps, and figurative medallions

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on sugar paper (437x258)

Hand

probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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