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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/86 verso

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/86 verso

Purpose

Various preliminary designs including a ceiling, ND

Aspect

From Left to Right: a) Rough elevation of a one-storey, five-bay arcaded building with a hipped roof b) Part drawn rough plan of an octagonal ceiling with a central rosetted encircled by an ornamental band and panels of arabesques separated by bellflowers c) Rough elevation of a figurative lunette d) Rough elevation of ornamented entablature e) Rough elevation of a pedestal ornamented by a drop

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (361x121)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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