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[12] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the dressing room, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/104
Purpose
[12] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the dressing room, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central rectangular compartment of fret, and enclosed rosettes, containing a rosette enclosed by a fan ornamented with scrolled hearts, and enclosed calyx, encircled by rosettes and patera within figure-of-eight wreaths, and outside the rectangular compartment are rosettes, festoons, peltoid shields, oval medallions containing baskets, and rectangular figurative panels
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for Mrs Sargents Dressing Room
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765 and it appears that a signature has been mostly cropped from the bottom left-hand corner
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian red, lemon yellow and pink within a single ruled border on laid paper (469 x 416)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson, 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.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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