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Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/8

Purpose

[65] Preliminary design for alternative design for the ceiling for the hall, 1760-61, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a panel for the cove of the ceiling, with part of the cove shown in profile, with large roundels within square panels divided by bands of coin moulding; each roundel with a central rosette within an octagon encircled by anthemia, and within a circular wreath

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Sir Nathl Curson Hall Pannel for Cieling

Signed and dated

  • 1760-1761
    date range: 1760-61

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (139 x 112)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Hardy, 1978, p. 197
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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