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[3] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room (possibly the back drawing room), 1771, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/94
Purpose
[3] 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
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including verdigris and violet on laid paper (402 x 266)
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.
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
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