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[27] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1766, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/182
Purpose
[27] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1766, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling, with a large apse one side, divided by bands of scrolled hearts, and rinceau and rosettes. The apse and the three compartment of the central flat each contains a patera, enclosed by fluting, a frame of Vitruvian scroll, and a fan enclosing drops of calyx, and rosettes. In addition to this the compartments of the central flat have rinceau, wreaths, rosettes and anthemia in the corners, and the apse has an outer border of anthemia and calyx.
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Great Drawing Room at Hatch House in Kent. The Seat of Sir Edward Knatchbull Baronet and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink, cerulean blue, and olive green on laid paper (597 x 446)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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