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[12] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the front parlour, 1775, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/161
Purpose
[12] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the front parlour, 1775, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling ornamented with a central figurative oval encircled by a band of rosettes and enclosed within a foil. Beyond this there is a curved lozenge formed from bands of calyx which encloses draped figures bearing ribbons. All this is encircled by oval bands of enclosed anthemia, rosettes and festoons, and Vitruvian scroll. The bands are segmented by four figurative tablets surmounted by arabesques supporting urns flanked by winged sphinxes and surmounted by anthemia and wreaths enclosing rosettes. The corners are ornamented with compartments containing half-putti and arabesques. The ceiling is bordered on the short sides by alcoves with a panel ornamented with arabesques, and this is surmounted by an urn enclosed within a wreath flanked by draped, seated figures
Scale
3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Ceiling for the Front Parlor at Lady Home's / in Portman Square
Signed and dated
- 1775
Adelphi / 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including cerulean blue on laid paper (596 x 451)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi. This drawing has been produced by more than one draughtsman. The figurative features have been drawn by a different hand to that of the foliate ornamentation.
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi. This drawing has been produced by more than one draughtsman. The figurative features have been drawn by a different hand to that of the foliate ornamentation.
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 13, 26
Whinney, 1969, p. 61
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 288
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 13, 26
Whinney, 1969, p. 61
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 288
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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