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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/232

Purpose

[1] Record drawing for a ceiling for the hall, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, with the central square compartment containing a rosette within a fan of fluting, and encircled by a band of enclosed acanthus leaves, and a circular frame, and this is flanked by rectangular compartments containing enclosed oval rosettes, encircled by an oval frame of reed and ribbon, and the whole with a border of fret

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of Hall for Sir Ralph Milbank Esqr

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (436 x 341)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
For a full list of 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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