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[16] Record drawing for the ceiling for the circular banqueting room, 1770, thought to be as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/30
Purpose
[16] Record drawing for the ceiling for the circular banqueting room, 1770, thought to be as executed
Aspect
Plan of a 1/8 detail of a circular ceiling; with a central roundel enclosed by a patera of stiff leaf and beading, encircled by a band containing alternating acanthus leaves and fans of trefoils surmounted by an anthemion; and this is framed by a band of quatrefoils and a lion mask. Beyond this is a wide band containing paterae enclosed within vesica-shaped fans of trefoils, alternating with large quatrefoils enclosing putti, and with anthemia between the fans at one end, and with anthemia, rosettes and laurel leaves between the fans at the other end. The whole is enclosed within a frame composed of bands of lozenges, and a band of quatrefoils enclosed within vesica-shaped compartments, alternating with enclosed rosettes flanked by calyx and rosettes; and with a pencil-drawn detail of this design in the bottom right-hand corner
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Circular room at Alnwick
Signed and dated
- January 1770
Janry 1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including terre verte, pink, cerulean blue, and Indian red on laid paper (413 x 577)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
Harris, 2001, pp. 91, 93, 344
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 262
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, pp. 91, 93, 344
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 262
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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