[1] Record drawing for the ceiling for the front drawing room, c1768-72, probably unexecuted

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    - Hertford Street, number unknown, London: unexecuted design for a ceiling for the drawing room for Mrs Stevenson, c1768-72 (1)
      - Record drawing for the ceiling for the front drawing room, c1768-72, probably unexecuted (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/140

Purpose

[1] Record drawing for the ceiling for the front drawing room, c1768-72, probably unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central elliptical compartment containing an enclosed patera encircled by acanthus leaves, arabesques, anthemia, a diamond, festoons and medallions, and this is flanked on either side by two irregular quadrilateral panels containing urns, and lunette panels containing urns and sphinxes. In addition there are border panels of arabesques, and an enclosed rosette encircled by anthemia in each corner

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Design for finishing the Cieling of the front Drawing room at Mrs Stevensons House / Hertford Street

Signed and dated

1768-1772
datable to c1768-72

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including pink and verdigris on laid paper (508 x 405)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 179
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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