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  • image SM Adam volume 4/87

Reference number

SM Adam volume 4/87

Purpose

[13] Design for a Roman-style temple, c.1790, execution status unknown

Aspect

Plan and elevation for an octagonal-shaped temple with a cylindrical domed tower, with four protruding walls terminating in fluted columns on pedestals with inflamed urns. The building is adorned with a central arch, medallions, a balustrade around the tower, and a moulded cornice

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Elevation of a Building in the Roman Stile proposed to be / erected in the Center of the Roman Camp upon a Hill near / Fullerton in the Shire of Ayr, by Collonel Fullerton

Signed and dated

  • c.1790
    datable to c.1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and sepia wash on laid paper (172x204)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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