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[19] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the bedroom, 1772, thought to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/110
Purpose
[19] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the bedroom, 1772, thought to have been executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with an apse across one of the long sides, divided by a band of cable moulding, and the central flat is ornamented with a medallion, enclosed within a circular frame of rosettes, a lozenge-shaped frame of reeding, and an oval frame of cable moulding with calyx crockets, and an apron of festoons of bell flowers, supporting peltoid shields, and enclosed rosettes within bell flower wreaths, and the apse is ornamented with a segmental patera, enclosed within segmental frames of cable moulding, with calyx crockets, and an apron of festoons of bell flowers, supporting two military trophies and a peltoid shield
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for Mr. Baron Grant / The Honble Baron Grant (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1772
1772.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including terre verte within a single ruled border on laid paper (547 x 381)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
Survey of London, 1966, p. 71
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Survey of London, 1966, p. 71
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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