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[18] Record drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, c1766-73, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/204
Purpose
[18] Record drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, c1766-73, executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central rectangular panel containing a rosette enclosed by elliptical bands of acanthus leaves, feathers, and fret, and outside the central compartment the ceiling is ornamented with octagonal coffering enclosing rosettes
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Cieling of the Drawing room at Osterley
Signed and dated
- 1766-1773
date range: 1766-73
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including seipa, cerulean blue and pink on laid paper (554 x 363)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Stillman, 1966, p. 72
Rowan, 1988, pp. 74, 77
Harris, 2001, p. 164
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 72
Rowan, 1988, pp. 74, 77
Harris, 2001, p. 164
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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