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[17] Design for the cornice for the circular banqueting room, c1770; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 39/13
Purpose
[17] Design for the cornice for the circular banqueting room, c1770; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a cornice, showing two alternative designs. On the left-hand side there are hexagonal compartments enclosing anthemia and urns or figurative medallions; alternating with square compartments containing busts enclosed within lozenge-shaped frames, and these square compartments are flanked by rosette enclosed within fans of trefoils. On the right-hand side there are connected hexagonal compartments containing calyx enclosed within trefoils and oval figurative medallions, or urns enclosed within hexagons, and between the hexagonal compartments are anthemia and calyx. The whole is surmounted by a band of enclosed oak leaves, a band of acanthus leaves, and a band of lion masks
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Cieling of Alnwick Castle for the Duke of Northumberland (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1770
datable to c1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink, verdigris and Indian red on laid paper (653 x 497)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
Harris, 2001, pp. 87, 343
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, pp. 87, 343
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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