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[5] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the dressing room, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/148
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the dressing room, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a canted bow on one side, containing a segmental compartment, ornamented with crockets enclosing an urn supported by arabesques, and the central flat is tripartite, with a central rectangular compartment containing a medallion, enclosed within a lozenge-shaped frame, with an apron of calyx and festoons, and the central compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments, containing enclosed rosettes within wreaths, flanked by arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Dressing Room. for The Revd Mr Dovey
Signed and dated
- 08/02/1774
Adelphi 8th Feby / 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes of terre verte and violet on laid paper (345 x 298)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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