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  • image SM Adam volume 11/138

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/138

Purpose

[36] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the study (now the China Room) 1766, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with an arched alcove on one side, ornamented with hexagonal panels enclosing rosettes. The central flat has circular compartments containing rosettes, with lozenges enclosing rosettes in between, and with a border of Greek key fret

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of a Study for Edwin Lascelles Esqr at Gawthorp

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (384 x 264)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Mauchline, 1992, p. 154
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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