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  • image SM Adam volume 13/90

Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/90

Purpose

[2] Alternative finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular tripartite ceiling with central square compartment and two side panels. In the square a central octagon, bordered with festoons and rosettes, with a central circular medallion framed by 8 panels alternately containing arabesques and an urn with arabesques. Around the edges, fans in the corners and enclosed rosettes in between. In the flanking panels, a central tazza with arabesques containing half animals, set within an inner border

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • 1770
    datable to 1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris and pink on laid paper (603 x 445)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi

Literature

For full 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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