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[32] Record drawing for the ceiling for the library (now the old library), 1765-66
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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- Harewood House, Yorkshire: designs for alterations to the church and house; for the interior decoration; and for a greenhouse and gateway for Edwin Lascelles, 1759-1782 (121)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/137
Purpose
[32] Record drawing for the ceiling for the library (now the old library), 1765-66
Aspect
Plan as Adam volume 11/135, but with rinceaux rather than rosettes enclosed by wreaths around the central circle, and with cameos rather than medallions in the corners of the central compartment, and without bands fo rosettes enclosed within wreaths in the side compartments or cove, and with a simplified pattern of rinceaux in the cove, as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Library at Gawthorp. The Seat of Edwin Lascelles Esquire
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (600 x 466)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Mauchline, 1992, p. 70
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Mauchline, 1992, p. 70
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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