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[6] Record drawing for a ceiling for the library, 1770, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/59
Purpose
[6] Record drawing for a ceiling for the library, 1770, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, with a chimneybreast on one of the long sides, and with a central square compartment containing a medallion, with an urn supported by arabesques on each side, and enclosed within a shaped fluted octagonal frame, with an apron of festoons, supporting a medallion and anthemion in each corner, and a tablet on each side, all hung from drops of calyx, and this central square compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments containing a central medallion, enclosed within a lozenge-shaped frame, with an apron of festoons, and with a rosette enclosed within a wreath on each side
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Ceiling of the Library at Mellerstain
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink and terre verte on laid paper (630 x 359)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Paper Palaces: the Topham Collection as a source for British Neo-Classicism, The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 May - 1 November 2013
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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