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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/10

Purpose

[13] Design for a ceiling for the ante room, 1775

Aspect

Plan of a circular ceiling, with a central rosette, enclosed within a fan ornamented with calyx, set within a circular frame which is encircled by festoons, and the whole is encircled by a wreath of calyx punctuated by eight medallions

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the Ant room at Anthony Chamier Esqrs at Epsom

Signed and dated

  • February 1775
    Adelphi / 14t Febry 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash and terre verte wash on laid paper (445 x 326)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
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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