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Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/52

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the Temple of Bacchus, 1761

Aspect

Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central rosette enclosed by an octagonal panel, flanked by patera, encircled by festoons, and with a fan in each corner

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

For the Honble Charl. Hamilton of Cobham

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and pen on laid paper

Hand

Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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