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  • image SM Adam volume 21/170

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

Level

Drawing

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