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[19] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1768, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/194
Purpose
[19] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1768, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central rosette encircled by a band of Vitruvian scroll, four anthemia and calyx, and a lozenge-shaped band which encloses a patera at each corner, and with feint alternative pencil underdrawing
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Staircase for The Right Honble Lord Clifford / at Ugbrooke (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1768
1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (423 x 355)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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