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  • image SM Adam volume 11/71

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/71

Purpose

[37] Preliminary design for a ceiling, 1761

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a large irregular octagonal compartment entwined with ivy, containing a circular band of Vitruvian scroll, with corner medallions over thyrsi, and a border of anthemia and calyx

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for William Drake Esqr at Shardeloes

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (432 x 337)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
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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