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[96] Design for the ceiling for the gallery, unexecuted, 1765
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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)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/169
Purpose
[96] Design for the ceiling for the gallery, unexecuted, 1765
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular compartmental ceiling, ornamented with a pattern composed of garlands of guilloche, enclosing rosettes, and rosettes within fans, and between the guilloche are shaped octagons, containing medallions of half-eagles
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Gallery at Gawthorpe House in Yorkshire. The Seat of Edwin Lascelles Esquire and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (1023 x 365)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Stillman, 1966, p. 103
Mauchline, 1992, p. 77
Harris, 2001, p. 146
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 103
Mauchline, 1992, p. 77
Harris, 2001, p. 146
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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