[1] Record drawing for the interior decoration of the drawing room, 1783, possibly as executed

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/88

Purpose

[1] Record drawing for the interior decoration of the drawing room, 1783, possibly as executed

Aspect

Unfinished plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling articulated by bands of Vitruvian scroll, with a central rosette enclosed by an octagon encircled by festoons, figurative medallions within rectangular compartments, and peltoid shields

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Ceiling of Drawingroom for Charles Barnett Esqr at Stratton near Beagleswade and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

September 1783
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Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including terre verte on laid paper (541 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 29
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 253-54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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