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[18] Finished drawing for the ceiling of the great drawing room, 1776
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/37
Purpose
[18] Finished drawing for the ceiling of the great drawing room, 1776
Aspect
Plan of a large rectangular coved ceiling with concentric oval ornaments and a half-octagon canted bay with fan pattern ornament
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Great Drawing room at Bolton House
Signed and dated
- November 1776
Adelphi / Novr 4 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including verdigris on laid paper (594 x 442)
Hand
Adam office hand
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Index p. 48
Harris, 1995, p. 73
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1995, p. 73
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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