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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/125

Purpose

[3] Design for a ceiling for the library, 1765, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular, compartmental ceiling, heavily moulded with cross-shaped compartments containing rosettes enclosed by guilloche, and square containing fans, and rectangles containing medallions, and with a border of fret and guilloche

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Library at Burghleigh in the hand of William Adam

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (423 x 296)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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