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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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