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  • image SM Adam volume 13/27

Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/27

Purpose

[26] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, divided by bands of guilloche, with cameos at each corner, and with a central square compartment, containing a central medallion, encircled by a frame of Vitruvian scroll, drops of tubular flowers, calyx and anthemia, and a ring of enclosed rosettes, and the whole is set within a circular frame of guilloche, and encircled by segmental compartments enclosed within festoons, and containing rosettes and fans, and the central square compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments, containing a repeating pattern of rosettes, anthemia and calyx enclosed within lozenges, framed by acanthus leaves and rosettes, and alternating with calyx and anthemia

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the front Drawing room at No. 4. Royal Terrace. Adelphi / Roser (in pencil) and some measurements given in pencil

Signed and dated

  • 1769
    1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, olive green and Indian red on laid paper (593 x 436)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 85
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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