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[63] Alternative finished drawing for the ceiling for the circular dressing room, 1767
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
- 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)
- Country houses
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/148
Purpose
[63] Alternative finished drawing for the ceiling for the circular dressing room, 1767
Aspect
Plan of a circular, domed ceiling, arranged in a radial pattern around a central mask enclosed by a fan, encircled by segmental patera, a band of Vitruvian scroll, medallions, half putti, and rinceaux, a band of cable moulding, and paired figures standing on pedestals between the semi-domes of eight curved recesses which are ornamented with urns on pedestals, half figures, and rinceaux
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
[Cielin]g for the Gentleman's Dressing Room in the Principal Apartment of Harewood House proposed to be Painted in the Style of the Ancients (verso) 148
Signed and dated
- 1767
1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes on laid paper (570 x 508)
Hand
Adam office hand, probably Giuseppe Manocchi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Hussey, 1956, p. 62
Stillman, 1966, p. 100
Mauchline, 1992, p. 83
Harris, 2001, p. 152-154
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey, 1956, p. 62
Stillman, 1966, p. 100
Mauchline, 1992, p. 83
Harris, 2001, p. 152-154
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Soane: Connoisseur & Collector, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 6 April - 2 September 1995; The Frick Collection, New York, 30 April - 7 July 1996
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Drawings by the Giants of British Neo-Classicism, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1 February - 1 June 2008; Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin, 3 October 2015 - 14 February 2016
Soane: Connoisseur & Collector, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 6 April - 2 September 1995; The Frick Collection, New York, 30 April - 7 July 1996
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Drawings by the Giants of British Neo-Classicism, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1 February - 1 June 2008; Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin, 3 October 2015 - 14 February 2016
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk