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[4] Finished drawing for a ceiling for Lady Beauclerk Diana's dressing room, 1770, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/89
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for a ceiling for Lady Beauclerk Diana's dressing room, 1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a ceiling, centred on a figurative roundel, encircled by geometric patterns, drops of calyx, swags and husks, masks, garlands, calyx, and oval panels containing portrait busts in profile enclosed within diamond motifs
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for Lady Diana Beauclerk's Dressing Room
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (538 x 446)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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