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[2] Design for a ceiling for the auditorium, 1775, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/17
Purpose
[2] Design for a ceiling for the auditorium, 1775, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a tapering rhomboid ceiling, with a trompe l’oeil circular dome painted into the principal compartment, with an oval oculus, framed by bands of enclosed anthemia, and octagonal coffering enclosing rosettes, and the coffering is divided by bands of calyx and lozenges enclosing rosettes, and with oval medallions in the spandrels, and a fragmented border of rinceaux
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane / (and in pencil) Stage Door / Roofs / [ _ _ _ _ _ ] / Ninete / [ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] and some rough calculations given
Signed and dated
- 19/07/1775
Adelphi July 19th: 1775. / Adelphi July
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Indian yellow and terre verte on laid paper (453 x 538)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
Stillman, 1966, p. 105
Survey of London, 1970, p. 45 and pl. 10a
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 105
Survey of London, 1970, p. 45 and pl. 10a
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
'The Cloud-Capped Towers': Shakespeare in Soane's Architectural Imagination, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 21 April - 8 October 2016
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk