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Preliminary design for a mausoleum, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/170
Purpose
Preliminary design for a mausoleum, ND
Aspect
Rough elevation of a mausoleum with three doors flanked by terms, and surmounted by ornamentation including an animal, obelisks, flaming urns, a pyramid and sphinxes, and this is flanked by pyramids with windows and further ornamentation including terms and sphinxes, and to the right-hand side is a link with a tripartite window and further ornamentation of the same style, and beyond this another pyramid but this is cropped
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (236x109)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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