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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/103

Purpose

[1] Design for the dining room ceiling, 1764, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a canted end, with a central patera encircled by a fan enclosing rosettes, and within a band of enclosed rosettes, and the whole is frames by intertwined festoons and wreaths held by birds

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Cieling for the Dining Room for John Sargent Esqr

Signed and dated

  • 1764
    1764

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (501 x 407)

Hand

James Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
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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