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London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for half of a semi-circular ceiling with rosette and festoons radiating from full-length winged figures, and an outer border of panels of various shapes.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/91
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for half of a semi-circular ceiling with rosette and festoons radiating from full-length winged figures, and an outer border of panels of various shapes.
Aspect
Ceiling plan
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil
189 x 328, top left corner torn
Hand
James Adam, Office of
Notes
This drawing may be compared with similar unfinished designs in Adam vol.7/75 recto and verso, and other ceiling proposals for James Adam's Parliament House scheme in this section of the volume. The composition is close to compositions found in James Adam's collection of drawings after the antique in Adam volume 26, and in the collection of drawings by Giuseppe Manocchi (1731-82), many made in London c.1765, which are found in Adam volumes 15 and 16.
Level
Drawing
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