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Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/138

Purpose

[23] Preliminary design for a ceiling for an unknown circular room for Lady Shelburne

Aspect

Rough plan of a circular ceiling, with a central rosette within a lozenge-shaped frame, within a circular frame, encircled by scrolled hearts, semicircular fans, and roundels on drops

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Illegible feint pencil inscription including for Lady Shelburne / [ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ ] for Circular Room

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on sugar paper (293 x 424)

Hand

Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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