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  • image SM Adam volume 1/156

Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/156

Purpose

Preliminay design for a mausoleum, ND

Aspect

Faint elevation of a cruciform mausoleum with a central stepped pyramid, from which branch projecting two-storey, three-bay pedimented wings. The central wing has a three-bay portico of fluted Doric column, with a door in the central bay, and urn-filled niches in the outer bays. In the upper register there is an urn flanked by seated figures, and medallions, and the pediment supports three groups of figurative sculpture. There are also outlying or connected single-storey pavilion in each corner. The left-hand pavilion is domed, with a three-bay pedimented portico of fluted Doric columns and a central urn-filled niche. The right-hand pavilion is pedimented and has a sarcophagus on a pedestal within a relieving arch

Scale

to a scale

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (296x418)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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