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  • image SM Adam volume 12/134

Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/134

Purpose

[61] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette, enclosed within a circular frame of beading, a fan of stiff leaf, and a further circular frame

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Hall Cieling at Lord Stanley's in Grosvenor Square

Signed and dated

  • 15/04/1774
    Adelphi / 15t. April 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (447 x 340)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
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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