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Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/34

Purpose

[6] Design for the ceiling for the ante room, as executed, 1770

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling divided into three compartments and ornamented with patera, peltoid shields, and arabesques forming a central x-shaped arrangement

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the Anti room at Bolton House

Signed and dated

  • 1770
    1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including verdigris and pink on laid paper (585 x 451)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Harris, 1995, pp. 70-71
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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