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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/40

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/40

Purpose

[22] Preliminary design for the ceiling of the drawing room, 1761

Aspect

Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling, ornamented with a central enclosed rosette, encircled by arabesques, festoons, an oval band of vines, and arabesques in each corner

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Mr Drake

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (98 x 78)

Hand

Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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