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[26] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769, as executed
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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.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 85
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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