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[1] Record drawing for the ceiling for the round drawing room, 1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/234
Purpose
[1] Record drawing for the ceiling for the round drawing room, 1766
Aspect
Plan of a circular ceiling, ornamented with a central rosette, and encircled by cusps and foil-shaped elements in imitation of tracery. Half of the drawing is washed in grey, while the other half shows two alternative colour schemes
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Ceiling for the Honorable Horace Walpole Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including pink, verdigris, yellow and violet on laid paper (378 x 326)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Giuseppe Sacco
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Giuseppe Sacco
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 29
Stillman, 1966, p. 111
Yarwood, 1970, p. 175
Harris, 2001, p. 92
Wilton Ely, 2011, p. 3
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 111
Yarwood, 1970, p. 175
Harris, 2001, p. 92
Wilton Ely, 2011, p. 3
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill, Yale Center for British Art, Newhaven, 15 October 2009 - 3 January 2010; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 6 March - 4 July 2010
Giving Our Past a Future: The Work of the World Monuments Fund Britain, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 26 October 2012 - 26 January 2013
Giving Our Past a Future: The Work of the World Monuments Fund Britain, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 26 October 2012 - 26 January 2013
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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