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[59] Design for the ceiling for the state dressing room (now the Spanish library), 1767, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/151
Purpose
[59] Design for the ceiling for the state dressing room (now the Spanish library), 1767, as executed
Aspect
Plan as Adam volume 11/150 but quarter colour-washed
Scale
1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Principal Dressing room at Gawthorpe House (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1767
1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including terre verte within a single ruled border on laid paper (543 x 463)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Harris, 2001, p. 153
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 153
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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