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[3] Alternative finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/257
Purpose
[3] Alternative finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, as executed
Aspect
Plan as Adam volume 13/90, but with small medallions replacing the enclosed rosettes, and without half animals in the flanking panels
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the front Drawing room / at John Parker Esqrhouse in Sackville Street / Mr Parker (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris and pink within a single ruled border on laid paper (552 x 465)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
For full literature references see scheme notes.
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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