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[7] Design for a building, c.1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/151
Purpose
[7] Design for a building, c.1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of single-storey block with flanking lower wings which terminate in piers surmounted by sphynx. The central block comprises a central opening flanked by two pairs of fluted Doric columns, with circles on the architrave, supporting an entablature with a fan light and broken-base pediment above. There are pencil outlines in the lower wings to show niched openings and a raised level or pitched roof
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c.1791
datable to c.1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including sepia (314x102)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
orb surmounted by crown
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 15
King, 2001, p. 213
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, 2001, p. 213
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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