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[93] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1769, executed at number 4 Adam Street
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/3
Purpose
[93] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1769, executed at number 4 Adam Street
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval medallion, enclosed within a fan, and an oval frame ornamented with miniature rosettes, and encircled by enclosed rosettes, urns connected by festoons, and medallions, and the whole is set within an oval frame of guilloche, and with an enclosed rosette in each corner
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at No.3. Adam Street Adelphi
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 (530 x 441)
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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