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[10] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the great room, 1765, executed with minor alterations
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/40
Purpose
[10] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the great room, 1765, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling surrounded by heavily moulded coving. There is a central circular canvas depicting a charioteer encircled by circular panels containing eagles and anthemia alternately. In each corner are small portraits busts
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Dining Room at The Right Honble The Earl of Coventry's House in Piccadilly In the Style of the painted ornaments of the Ancients and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- June 1765
Robt Adam Architect / June 1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including Prussian blue, red, and Indian yellow on laid paper (296 x 416)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 2001, p. 57
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 309
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 57
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 309
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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