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Preliminary designs for two mausolea, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/6
Purpose
Preliminary designs for two mausolea, ND
Aspect
Rough elevations of two mausolea. The mausoleum on the left-hand side is a two-storey pyramid surmounted by an urn and ornamented with a medallion. There is a door within a projecting arched basement on the ground storey, and there is a pedimented window on the first storey. The right-hand mausoleum is pyramidal, surmounted by an urn and ornamented with a tablet. There is a central arched, pedimented door, flanked by niches, and set on a pedestal which also supports outlying urn-topped columns
Scale
not to scale
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (326x158)
Hand
Probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792) - Collections
Level
Drawing
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