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Reference number

Adam vol.7/113

Purpose

London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished designs for two ceiling plans, one showing alternatives of squares with oval and octagonal insets, below which are alternatives of circles and squares between decorated compartments.

Aspect

Ceiling plans

Inscribed

Inscribed in pencil in a contemporary hand (probably that of George Richardson) side of the Commons and side of the Peers

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1762-63

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil 292 x 430

Hand

George Richardson (attributed to)

Watermark

Fleur de lys in single circle

Notes

The inscriptions in what seems to be George Richardson's hand make it clear that these designs were intended for James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/63. Richardson (d. c.1813) went to Italy with James Adam and returned with him to work in the London office. The drawing may be compared with that in Adam vol.7/72, also annotated by Richardson.

Level

Drawing

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