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  • image SM Adam volume 11/62

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/62

Purpose

[2] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the Temple of Bacchus, 1761

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central rosette enclosed by an octagonal panel containing a band of leaves and drops of calyx, framed by arabesques, and encircled by festoons of bell flowers entwined with vines, held by four eagles, and with a patera in each corner

Scale

1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Temple of Bacchus at Cobham

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (374 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 381
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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