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[44] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the ante-room, 1775, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/168
Purpose
[44] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the ante-room, 1775, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a circular ceiling with a central figurative roundel encircled by bands of enclosed anthemia and rosettes, with lion masks and festoons of beading beyond. All this is enclosed within a band of interlacing circles formed from beading and ornamented with drop calyx and pendent roundels containing rosettes. This is linked with a band of calyx. The overlaps are ornamented with anthemia and tubular flowers, and the ceiling is bordered by a band of fluting
Scale
1 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Anti room at Lady Home's in Portman Square
Signed and dated
- Jan 1775
Adelphi / Janry 27t 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, Naples yellow, terre verte, and cerulean blue on laid paper (372 x 454)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Notes
Half of the ground for this ceiling is washed in pink, and the other half in yellow. It appears that Adam was offering variations for the colour scheme.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 51, 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 51, 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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