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[6] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1770, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/39
Purpose
[6] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1770, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, compartmental ceiling, divided by bands of scrolled hearts and enclosed rosettes, with a central square compartment, containing a medallion enclosed within a frame of guilloche, and framed by four peltoid shields, enclosed within festoons, and between the festoons are drops of calyx supporting medallions, and the festoons continue to form segmental compartments against each side, containing segmental tablets of urns flanked by winged griffons, and triangular compartments in each corner, containing segmental rosettes, encircled by fans of anthemia, and the central square is flanked by tripartite compartments, with a central oval medallion, flanked by circular medallions, all of which are enclosed within laurel wreaths, and have arabesques and anthemia on each corner
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the first Drawing room at The Honble Mr. Hobart's in St. James's Square / [cropped] St James's Square (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including terre verte, and pink on laid paper (606 x 451)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
Survey of London, 1960, pl. 187a
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Survey of London, 1960, pl. 187a
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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