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  • image SM Adam volume 13/68

Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/68

Purpose

[20] Design for a ceiling for the back parlour for Lord Scarsdale, 1773, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a square ceiling with a chimneybreast on one side, with a central patera enclosed by cable moulding, arabesques, a diamond, anthemia, medallions, festoons and drops holding military trophies

Scale

bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the back Parlor at Lord Scarsdale's in Mansfield Street / Green / Gray / White / Green / Gray / White / Gray

Signed and dated

  • 1773
    1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen and pencil on laid paper (481 x 442)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
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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