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[1] Preliminary design for a building, c.1791-92, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/138
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a building, c.1791-92, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and two elevations of a building comprising a central domed space, three bays wide adorned with a mixture of festooned friezes, Venetian windows and oculi, with four radiating wings
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Some calculations in pencil
Signed and dated
- c.1791-92
datable to c.1791-92
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (335x402)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Verso
Alternative elevation of a three-storey building with a rusticated, arcaded ground floor, and a central first-floor Venetian window with a Diocletian window above, and a festooned panel with acroteria at roof level. Across the elevation, there are a mixture of square-headed windows, pedimented windows within relieving arches, arched windows and oculi
Watermark
Portal & Co
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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