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[28] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1769, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/28
Purpose
[28] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1769, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval medallion, enclosed within a frame of cable moulding, a fan, a fluted frame, and festoons supporting four peltoid shields, and the whole is set within an oval frame of Vitruvian scroll, and with a border of fret and connected enclosed rosettes, and with a pencil drawn detail of fret to the left-hand side
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the back Drawing room at No. 4. Royal Terrace Adelphi
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink and olive green on laid paper (490 x 425)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
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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