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London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for a semi-circular ceiling showing radiating panels divided by rosettes from a central rose.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/75
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for a semi-circular ceiling showing radiating panels divided by rosettes from a central rose.
Aspect
Ceiling planverso detail
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil193 x 323
Hand
George Richardson (attributed to)
Verso
Unfinished design in pen over pencil for a semi-circular ceiling showing a ring of large and small circles with borders decorated with arabesques.
Notes
The designs on both recto and verso are probably versions of the ceiling compositions in Adam vol.7/18, 45 and 46, and can be associated with James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/63. The drawing is probably by George Richardson (d. c.1813), possibly after a composition by Giuseppe Manocchi (1731-82).
Level
Drawing
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