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[98] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1769, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/5
Purpose
[98] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1769, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central medallion, enclosed within a frame of cable moulding, encircled by our anthemia, and set within a lozenge-shaped scrolled frame, encircled by rosettes, festoons, and enclosed rosettes, and with four drops of calyx connecting a fluted oval frame in which the whole is set and with rinceaux, cameos enclosed within wreaths, and short drops of calyx in each corner, and with a rough pencil annotation of a ceiling to the right-hand side, inscribed with colours in Italian
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at No. 5. Adam Street Adelphi. / D Y East Wing 5th House (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, olive green and red within a single ruled border on laid paper (512 x 446)
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
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