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Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/4

Purpose

Preliminary design for a mausoleum, ND

Aspect

Rough elevation of a cruciform(?) building elevated on a rusticated basement with an arched entrance. The first storey has a three-bay pedimented portico on each side, flanked by a sculpture-filled niche, and surmounted by zoomorphic sculpture. This is surmounted by a relief panel and either figurative sculpture or an urn, and there is a pyrmidal roof surmounted by a figurative sculpture. The elevation comprises overdrawing in pen, with a pencil drawing partly visible to either side, showing a wider variant of the design

Scale

not to scale

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (343x292)

Hand

Adam, Robert (1728--1792) - Collections

Level

Drawing

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