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[6] Record drawing for the flat rectangular ceilings in the gallery, 1767, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/237
Purpose
[6] Record drawing for the flat rectangular ceilings in the gallery, 1767, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with the ornamentation quarter drawn, with a central rectangular compartment containing an oval patera, enclosed within a fan, rinceaux and urns, and set within a fluted lozenge-shaped frame, with triangles in the corners, containing peltoid shields with rinceaux, and the central rectangular compartment is framed by smaller rectangular compartments, containing urns flanked by winged sphinxes with rinceaux tails, and with L-shaped compartments in the corners, containing three shaped square enclosing rosettes and calyx
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of one of the end rooms of the Gallery at Newby
Signed and dated
- 1767
1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink on laid paper (471 x 438)
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
Middleton, 1986, p. 53
Harris, 2001, p. 356
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 263
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 79
Beard, 1978, p. 62
Middleton, 1986, p. 53
Harris, 2001, p. 356
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 263
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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