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  • image SM Adam volume 11/220

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/220

Purpose

[3] Record drawing for a ceiling, 1766

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with the ornamentation quarter drawn, with a central patera, within a fan of fluting, and an oval frame of cable moulding, and this within an oval band composed of rosettes within figure-of-eight foliage, and with a rosette within a wreath in the corner

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for Christopher Hervey Esqr

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (322 x 289)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 55
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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