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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/191

Purpose

[13] Design for the ceiling for the library, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central fan encircled by acanthus leaves, ogee-shaped festoons, enclosed rosettes, lunette-shaped flowers, and a circular band of rosettes enclosed within octagons

Scale

bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Library at Ugbrooke in Devonshire (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (312 x 242)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, and title inscription in the hand of William Adam (14) , with pencil annotations in the hand of Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
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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