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  • image SM Adam volume 11/63

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/63

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing for the ceiling of the hall, as executed, October 1761

Aspect

Plan of a square compartmental ceiling, divided by bands of Vitruvian scroll, centred on a recessed octagonal compartment, and with a border of festoons

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Cieling for the Hall at Shardeloes The Seat of / William Drake Esquire / 34.4 Square

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    Robt Adam Architect Octr 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (336 x 432)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, index p. 28
Stillman, 1966, p. 97
G. Beard, The Works of Robert Adam, 1978, p. 38
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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