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  • image SM Adam volume 11/241

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

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

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