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[14] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the Etruscan / octagonal dressing room, 1775, possibly executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/15
Purpose
[14] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the Etruscan / octagonal dressing room, 1775, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of a circular ceiling with a central figurative roundel enclosed by a band of enclosed anthemia. This in turn is surrounded by beading and urns surmounted by tubular flowers and anthemia. Beyond this there are winged sphinxes alternating with figurative cameos, and all this is enclosed within a wreath of husks. All this is in turn surrounded by a border of beading, anthemia and calyx
Scale
bar scale of 3 inches to 5 feet
Inscribed
Design of a Ceiling for the Circular Dressing Room at Apsley House
Signed and dated
- June 1775
Adelphi / June 21st 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes, including black, cerulean blue, Indian yellow, and pink within a double ruled border on laid paper (526 x 368)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG, fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II Index p. 43
Harris, 2001(a), p. 352, n. 113
Harris, 2001(b), p. 101
Lea, 2005, p. 10
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001(a), p. 352, n. 113
Harris, 2001(b), p. 101
Lea, 2005, p. 10
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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