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  • image SM Adam volume 11/236

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/236

Purpose

[5] Record drawing for the ceiling for the central dome in the gallery, 1767, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a circular, domed ceiling, the ornamentation quarter drawn, with a central circular skylight, encircled by bands of tubular flowers, cable moulding, festoons, and lozenge-shaped coffering enclosing rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Gallery Dome at Newby

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (318 x 323)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, Giuseppe Sacco or JP Laurent

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Stillman, 1966, p. 79
Beard, 1978, p. 62
Harris, 2001, p. 356
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 263
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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