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[8] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the dressing room, 1770, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/38
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the dressing room, 1770, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with apsidal ends, with a central oval medallion enclosed within a fluted frame, and festoons, supporting drops running into each corner, composed of calyx, arabesques, anthemia, and cameos enclosed within wreaths, and to each side is a figure holding the festoons, which is supported by a pedestal composed of winged sphinxes, a tablet containing swags, calyx, tubular flowers, and a bracket ornamented with ram masks and festoons, and the apsidal ends are divided by bands of guilloche, and ornamented with rinceaux and anthemia springing from vases
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Dress'g room at The Honble Mr. Hobarts in St. James's Square
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including terre verte and pink within a single ruled border on laid paper (525 x 356)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
Survey of London, 1960, pl. 188a
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Survey of London, 1960, pl. 188a
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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