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[86] Alternative finished drawing for the ceiling of the 2nd drawing room (now the cinnamon drawing room), 1765
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/165
Purpose
[86] Alternative finished drawing for the ceiling of the 2nd drawing room (now the cinnamon drawing room), 1765
Aspect
Plan as Adam volume 11/166
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the second Drawing room at Gawthorpe House / not executed / A Duplicate (all in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including olive green within a single ruled border on laid paper (614 x 415)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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