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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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