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  • image SM Adam volume 8/157

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/157

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, and elevation of a small building, ND

Aspect

Left: Rough plan of a rectangular or square ceiling with a central rosette containing arabesque encircled by additional rosettes and foliage Right: Elevation of a one-story, three-bay building with an entranceway flanked by urn-filled niches, and surmounted by a balustrade containing figurative medallions and a pyramidal cap stone

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (314x426)

Hand

probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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