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  • image SM Adam volume 11/114

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/114

Purpose

[17] Record drawing for the ceiling of the staircase, 1767, presumed to be as executed but not surviving

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling centred on a diamond compartment containing acanthus leaves, fluting and anthemia, at each corner the diamond is encircled by garlands containing enclosed rosettes and calyx

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the Staircase at Kenwood

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (455 x 302)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Bryant, 1990, p. 11
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 115
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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