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[13] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the square second drawing room, 1771, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/109
Purpose
[13] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the square second drawing room, 1771, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling, with a central medallion, enclosed within a fan, and circular frames of cable moulding rosettes, and alternating urns and anthemia, attended by cameos enclosed within squares, and the whole is enclosed within a shaped x-shape frame, with tablets containing double calyx flanked by winged sphinxes in each corner, and outside this x-shape are festoons supporting medallions in each corner, and at the centre of each side they support an enclosed rosette within a lozenge, flanked by thyrsi(?) supporting swans
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Square room one pair Story for Mr. Baron Grant.
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including terre verte, cerulean blue, and pink on laid paper (435 x 532)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
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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