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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/39

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/39

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular or square ceiling with square compartments containing figurative medallions, decorative medallions and fans, separated by bands with portrait medallions and decorative panels of urns flanked by sphinxes, and bordered by a rectangular panel with rosettes enclosed by lozenges and a portrait medallion

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (193x170)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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