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Preliminary design for a mausoleum, 1787
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/153
Purpose
Preliminary design for a mausoleum, 1787
Aspect
Rough elevation of a mausoleum set within landscape. The mausoleum has a three-bay central block, with a Doric tripartite entrance, flanked by niches, and surmounted by a fan and rosettes. The central block has a single-bay pedimented attic with strigilation and acroteria, supporting a flaming urn on a pedestal, and is flanked by sphinxes. The central block is flanked by single-storey, single-bay pavilions with arched entrances, strigilated friezes and surmounted by urns on pedestals
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1787
R Adam In deliv 1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and sepia wash on laid paper (233x203)
Hand
Adam, Robert (1728--1792) - Collections
Level
Drawing
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