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  • image SM Adam volume 2/127

Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/127

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a garden temple, c1760-61, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation of a five-bay, domed temple, supported by a shallow stylobate, and set within a landscape. The temple has an open front, screened by two Doric columns, supporting a frieze of urns, and a pediment with a central acroterion, and the screen is flanked by niches

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • c1760-61
    datable to c1760-61

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 165)

Hand

Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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