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Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/3

Purpose

Preliminary variant(?) design for a mausoleum, ND

Aspect

Rough elevation of three variant(?) designs for a pyramidal mausoleum. The left-hand elevation shows a pyramid with a three-bay portico on each side, supported by a pedestal ornamented with a panel of sphinxes in relief, and surmounted by an urn. There is also an outlying flaming urn suppoted by a tripod. The central elevation shows a pyramid with a sphinx at each corner, and a central pedimented 3-bay portico flanked by sculpture-filled niches, and supporting fluted sculpture-topped columns flanking an attic ornamented with a strigillated tablet and an urn flanked by seated figures. The right-hand elevation shows a pyramid flanked by fluted urn-topped columns and surmounted by a billowing chimney. The whole is supported by a single-storey basement, with a seven-bay central block, with square-headed niches and a three-bay pedimented Doric portico supporting three figurative sculptures, and this is flanked by single-bay arcaded links and single-bay pavilions with square-headed niches and surmounted by sphinxes

Scale

not to scale

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (506x273)

Hand

Probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792) - Collections

Level

Drawing

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