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  • image SM Adam volume 8/40

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/40

Purpose

[8] Record drawing for the ceiling for the hall, 1772, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central oval compartment, framed by alternating square and pentagonal compartments, divided by bands of rosettes and calyx enclosed within figure-of-eight ribbons, and the central oval contains an enclosed oval rosette, encircled by festoons, and the flanking square compartments contain medallions, and the pentagonal compartments in each corner contain half figures supporting tazza, with tails of rinceaux

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • 1772
    datable to 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (401 x 327)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

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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