[43] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the great staircase, 1771, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire: designs for the house and interior for William Weddell, 1766-84 (52)
    - Preliminary design and finished drawing for the ceiling for the staircase, 1771, as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/241

Purpose

[43] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the great staircase, 1771, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval rosette, encircled by acanthus leaves enclosed within triangles, and between the triangles are calyx, and the whole is enclosed within an oval frame of Vitruvian scroll

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Cieling for the Great Staircase at Newby

Signed and dated

1771
1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (428 x 336)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 263
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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