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Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/92

Purpose

[1] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room (possibly the back drawing room), 1771, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with an apsidal end, ornamented with a central enclosed rosette, encircled by a fan ornamented with drops of calyx, and enclosed by a circular frame of Vitruvian scroll, with an apron of festoons

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for Alderman Harley in Aldersgate Street / incorrect

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    1771.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (460 x 300)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
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

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk