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  • image SM Adam volume 11/88

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/88

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing for a portico soffit for a garden pavilion, 1762, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a tripartite, rectangular, portico soffit, divided by bands of enclosed rosettes, and bordered by bands of scrolled hearts, and each square compartment contains a patera

Scale

bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design for finishing the Ceiling of the Portico & Soffite of the Entablature / For Lord Melcombe's Garden Building / at Hammersmith (For Lord Melcombe's Garden Building / at Hammersmith in the hand of William Adam) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1762
    1762

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash and pink wash on laid paper (400 x 264)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
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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