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[77] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1769; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/2
Purpose
[77] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1769; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette, encircled by enclosed acanthus leaves, and set within a circular frame ornamented with arabesques and anthemia, and set within a lozenge-shaped frame of reed and ribbon, framed by oval medallions which are ornamented with anthemia and arabesques, and which alternate with segmental fans, all of which are enclosed within an oval frame of guilloche, encircled by rosettes, bows, festoons, and with a peltoid shield in each corner
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at No. 2. Adam Street. Adelphi / D: Y: East Wing 2 Houses (in pencil) / Durham Yard (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink and olive green within a single ruled border on laid paper (492 x 408)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
Rowan, 2007, p. 53
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 2007, p. 53
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Vaulting Ambition: The Adam Brothers, Contractors to the Metropolis in the Reign of George III, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 14 September 2007 - 12 January 2008; The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, 19 April - 24 May 2008; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, 24 October - 13 December 2008
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk