[1] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, possibly as executed, 1761

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    - Hertford House, 16 Lower Grosvenor Street (now Grosvenor Street), London: design for the ceiling for the drawing room for the 1st Earl of Hertford, possibly executed, 1761 (1)
      - Finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, possibly executed, 1761 (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/64

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, possibly as executed, 1761

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling containing a large central oval compartment containing medallions, a fan, arabesques and a central rosette, framed by four rectangular panels containing winged and horned lions, and with arabesques in each corner

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Earl of Hertford's Drawing Room in Grosvenor Street

Signed and dated

1761
1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including Indian red and Prussian blue (565 x 419)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 39
Stillman, 1966, p. 96
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 381, Volume II, p. 170
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953

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

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