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Reference number

Adam vol.55/135

Purpose

Capricci showing a domed building with projecting three-bay portico on steps, linked by colonnades to U-shaped pavilions with small domes and recessed centres. To one side are other buildings. Below on the sheet is an unfinished symmetrical plan of a central columned hall with curved staircases on either side and apsidal ends.

Aspect

Perspective, planverso elevation, plan (part)

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 135

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk, grey wash220 x 202

Hand

Robert Adam

Verso

Capriccio in black chalk showing an elevation of a nine-bay building of one storey with attic and pediment with a shallow stepped dome. This elevation is similar to that in Adam vol.55/120 verso and 142 verso. Above this is part of a related plan.

Notes

The plan, which is unrelated to the perspective, is a variation of those shown in Adam vol.55/121 and 124. The pavilion in the perspective view can be compared with the more finished elevation in Adam vol.55/141. There is a version of the whole scheme seen from a different angle in Adam vol.55/22 and 164.

Level

Drawing

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