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[5] Design for a garden temple, c1760-61, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/11
Purpose
[5] Design for a garden temple, c1760-61, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-bay, domed temple, supported by a shallow stylobate, and with an open front, screened by two Corinthian columns, supporting a blank tablet, and a pediment with a central acroterion, and with a charioteer in the tympanum. The screen is flanked by panels containing ram masks and figure-of-eight vines, enclosed patera, festoons, and with a frieze of arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
2d Design of a Temple for the Earl of Portmore (in the hand of William Adam) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1760-61
datable to c1760-61
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (360 x 512)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
JVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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