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[1] Record drawing for an unknown ceiling, 1774
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/153
Purpose
[1] Record drawing for an unknown ceiling, 1774
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a canted bow on one long side, and a chimneybreast on one short side, with the central flat ornamented with a central enclosed oval medallion, encircled by an oval frame of miniature rosettes, encircled by anthemia enclosed within arches composed of calyx and ribbon, and the ribbon has more arches of ribbon superimposed over it, and running in the opposite direction, forming vesica shapes and lozenges, and the whole is set within an oval frame ornamented with calyx, and the bow contains a segmental compartment, with a central patera, flanked by further anthemia enclosed within arches
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for Mr. Woodcock / (and in pencil) Gray / Gray / Gray / White / [ _ _ ] / [ _ _ ] / [ _ _ _ _ _ ]
Signed and dated
- 1774
Adelphi / August 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and verdigris wash on laid paper (400 x 301)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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