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[1] Record drawing for a ceiling for the hall, 1766, unexecuted
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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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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