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  • image SM Adam volume 4/27

Reference number

SM Adam volume 4/27

Purpose

[1] Survey drawing of the west entrance to Magdalen Chapel, Oxford, ND

Aspect

Above- Elevation of part of an ogee doorway which is surrounded by a band of foliage terminating in a winged putto. Above the doorway there is a castellated panel ornamented with figures, and these set within gothic arches articulated by Tuscan columns and surmounted by pinnacles and anthemia. Set in between the figures there are square panels ornamented with quatrefoil surmounted by rosettes(?) Below- Elevation of part of a cornice, ornamented with a band of calyx and a band of trefoil leaves

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Door in [the] (crossed through) Mauddlin Colege, Oxford / Cornice in the Arcade of the Quadrangle of Maudlin Colege Oxford

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (193 x 320)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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