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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/3

Purpose

[7] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room (now the library), as executed, 1759

Aspect

Plan of a square ceiling with a canted bay, a central circular compartment, and four radiating quadrant sections forming an x-shape arrangement, ornamented with figured medallions and naval trophies

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Ceiling for Admiral Boscawens Drawing Room Markd E on the Plan / 24 feet Sqr without the Beam

Signed and dated

  • 1759
    1759

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (314 x 435)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
Stillman, 1966, p. 36
Harris, 2007, p. 27
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

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk