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[98] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the gallery as executed, 1769
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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 11/170
Purpose
[98] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the gallery as executed, 1769
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, compartmental ceiling, with five octagons containing cameos enclosed within fans and rinceaux, set within x-shaped arrangements containing rinceaux, and drops of calyx, and the x-shaped compartments alternate with vesica-shaped medallions, enclosed by an elliptical frame of enclosed rosettes, and with a border of rectangular figurative panels, with an apron of festoons and bows, and surmounted by urns flanked by winged griffons, alternating with crosses, containing guilloche enclosing rosettes, as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Gallery at Harewood House (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including terre verte on laid paper (1186 x 438)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Stillman, 1966, p. 103
Mauchline, 1992, p. 77
Harris, 2001, p. 146
Harris, 2007, p. 87
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 103
Mauchline, 1992, p. 77
Harris, 2001, p. 146
Harris, 2007, p. 87
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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