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[40] Record drawing for a ceiling for the study, 1769, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/239
Purpose
[40] Record drawing for a ceiling for the study, 1769, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a quarter-drawn square ceiling, with a central patera set within a circular frame of guilloche, encircle by rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths, and from which hangs peltoid shields and drops of calyx, and drops of figure-of-eight wreaths enclosing cameos and rosettes, and all connected by festoons
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Study at Newby
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink and terre verte on laid paper (369 x 393)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Harris, 2001, p. 357
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 263
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 357
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 263
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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