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  • image SM Adam volume 13/29

Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/29

Purpose

[32] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1769; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette, enclosed within an oval fan, and oval frames of cable moulding, connected enclosed rosettes, and festoons, and encircled by medallions, and the whole is set within a lobed octagonal frame, with a fan inset between each lobe

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the back Drawing room at No. 5 Royal Terrace Adelphi / (and in pencil) D:Y: Body of building over front 1 House next east wing / back room / 5 House and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1769
    1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash and coloured washes including pink, olive green and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (516 x 442)

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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