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[14] Record drawing for a ceiling for the library, 1768, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/84
Purpose
[14] Record drawing for a ceiling for the library, 1768, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a tripartite rectangular ceiling with a canted bay at one end, as in Adam volume 11/256, shown complete. On the opposite side of the square compartment to the bay is a narrow rectangular compartment containing a mask and arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Library at Saltram / Painting 1780 filled in (in the hand of A. T. Bolton) / Painting [--------] / Blue painted Head / Brown / Pink / Green / Red (in the hand of Robert Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1768
1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and pink and olive green wash on laid paper (604 x 426)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with additional inscriptions in the hand of Robert Adam and Arthur Bolton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, p.159, Index p. 27
For full literature references see scheme notes.
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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