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[9] Record drawing for the ceiling for the hall, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/100
Purpose
[9] Record drawing for the ceiling for the hall, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval patera, enclosed within a fan of leaves, and an oval frame of waterleaf with an apron of festoons and rosettes, and the whole is set in an oval border of anthemia enclosed within figure-of-eight ribbons, wich extends around bordering compartments, with pentagonal compartments in the corners, containing half figures with arabesque tails, and square on each side, containing enclosed rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling For Lord Bective's Hall.
Signed and dated
- 12/02/1772
Adelphi / 12t. Febry 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (430 x 374)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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