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[8] Finished drawing showing the first scheme for the ceiling for the circular room, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/157
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing showing the first scheme for the ceiling for the circular room, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a circular ceiling, with a central medallion, enclosed within circular frames of fluting, beading, and enclosed rosettes, and with an apron of four portrait medallions, enclosed by festoons which form a square, and this is set within a large x-shaped frame of enclosed anthemia, with a winged sphinx supported by a tubular flower in each corner, and on each side there is an apron of festoons supporting an oval medallion, and the x-shaped arrangement has a pedestal at each corner, ornamented with paw feet, ram masks, festoons, and an enclosed patera, and these are connected by large circular frames of bell flowers and enclosed anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for Lady Fitzroy's Dressing room.
Signed and dated
- 1774
Adelphi / 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including olive green, red and violet on laid paper (403 x 411)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
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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