Design of the Ceiling of the Library or Great Room at Kenwood
$850 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
A fine engraving, with contemporary hand colouring, of a painted plaster and stucco ceiling from the interior at Kenwood House, in Hampstead, London, re-modelled in 1761-1773, and now home to the Iveagh Bequest picture collection. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. From 1754-57, Robert lived in Italy where he had a long productive friendship with Piranesi, which was
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