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  • image SM Adam volume 11/70

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/70

Purpose

[114] Finished drawing for the 'mosaic' ceiling for the library, 1761, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with octagonal coffering ornamented with rosettes and acanthus leaves

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Cieling for the Library at Shardeloes

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (423 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Literature

Harris, 2001, p. 30
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 186

Level

Drawing

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