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  • image SM Adam volume 13/11

Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/11

Purpose

[125] Design for the ceiling for the front room, 1773; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central chimneybreast on one of the long sides, with a central enclosed medallion, encircled by four calyx, and set within a lozenge-shaped frame ornamented with enclosed anthemia, and the frame encircled by ox skulls, festoons, and four medallions

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the front room one pair Story at Mr Becketts House

Signed and dated

  • 09/09/1773
    Adelphi / 9 Sepr 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (349 x 290)

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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