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[4] Record drawing for a ceiling for the back parlour, 1769
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/2
Purpose
[4] Record drawing for a ceiling for the back parlour, 1769
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling with a chimneybreast on one side, with a central medallion, enclosed within a frame of fluting and laurel leaf tips, and encircled by anthemia enclosed within triangles, and alternating peltoid shields and medallions, all set within a shaped octagon, with rinceaux on each side
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the back Parlor at Sir Robert Richs House in Grosvenor Square / Pink / Green
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink and olive green on laid paper (411 x 409)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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