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[7] Preliminary design showing a longitudinal section through the ballroom, c1765-68, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/61
Purpose
[7] Preliminary design showing a longitudinal section through the ballroom, c1765-68, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough longitudinal section through the ballroom, with a coved ceiling ornamented with octagonal coffering, and with an apse on each side of the room, each with a coffered semi-dome, and articulated by engaged Corinthian columns, and the central apse is screened by Ionic columns, and flanked by sculpture-filled niches, and the two side apses contain smaller screened apses, and to the left-hand side is shown another room, with a door surmounted by a rectangular overdoor panel, and beyond is an apse screened by Ionic columns
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1765-68
date range: c1765-68 (see scheme notes)
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (333 x 204)
Hand
Either Robert or James Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 53
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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