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[8] Design for a building, c.1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/152
Purpose
[8] Design for a building, c.1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Upper: Variant of SM Adam volume 2/151 showing a single-storey block with flanking lower wings which terminate in piers. The central block comprises an arched opening flanked by two pairs of fluted columns supporting an entablature with a fan light and broken-base pediment above. The flanking wings have statues in niches and terminate in paired-column piers. The left pier is surmounted by a sphinx. Adjoining the left side is a lower wall with a pencil outline of a small pier. Adjoining the right side is an additional block mimicking the central block on a smaller scale with a square-headed opening in a pedimented surround
Lower: Plan of a building comprising five spaces with adjoining walls. The two outer spaces have apsidal ends
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c.1791
datable to c.1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including sepia (299x185)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
JB [_ _ ]adshaw
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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