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Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/160

Purpose

[3] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1775, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and section of a domed ceiling with a central patera enclosed within a fan encircled by festoons of husks. Beyond this drop calyx and rosettes divide the ceiling into segments, and all of this is enclosed within a band of Vitruvian scroll

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the Hall at Lady Home's in Portman Square

Signed and dated

  • 1775
    1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (367 x 313)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 29, 60
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 287
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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