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  • image SM Adam volume 14/89

Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/89

Purpose

[9] Design for a ceiling for the octagonal dressing room, as executed, c1786

Aspect

Plan of an octagonal ceiling, divided into nine compartments. With a central square compartment ornamented with a figurative roundel, enclosed within an octagonal border, and the corners are ornamented with oak leaves. This is surrounded by bands dividing the compartments, and the bands are ornamented with rosettes, beading, and guilloche enclosing calyx. Beyond this there are four compartments containing fans and a band of calyx, and there are four corner compartments ornamented with figurative cameos and a band of calyx

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(in modern curatorial hand A.T. Bolton, pencil) 89 / 89 / Hon. W.G. Hamilton. / Library. / Marlborough House / Brighton / now Government [_ _ _] offices / A.T.B. / 1923 / see 95 / fireplace / niche / Door / niche / niche / [_ _ _ _] door / niche

Signed and dated

  • c1786
    c1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (525 x 357)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, and with inscription in modern curatorial hand, A.T. Bolton

Watermark

Fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Miele, 1998, p. 160, 163
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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