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[2] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1777, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/21
Purpose
[2] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1777, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette encircled by a fan and enclosed within a roundel. Beyond this there are festoons of calyx, ox skulls, and further rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight calyx
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Hall at Wormleybury the Seat of Sir Abraham Hume Bart.
Signed and dated
- Sept 1777
Adelphi 27. Sep.t 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (606 x 446)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
Harris, 2001, p. 71
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 250
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 71
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 250
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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