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  • image SM Adam volume 12/97

Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/97

Purpose

[2] Record drawing for a ceiling for the first scheme for the eating parlour (later the ball room), 1771, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a ceiling as Adam volume 12/96

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Eating room for The Earl of Bective / Light Green / Darker Green / Blue / Light Pink / pink / Green / dark pink / Light Pink / Light Green / Darker Green / Blue / pink / green / Green / pink / pink / Green / Green / pink / darker Green / Green (in pencil) / H / G / E / D / B / C / F / E / D / A / B / F and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    1771.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (532 x 345)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 179
Harris, 1973, note to pl. 26
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

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