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[1] Preliminary design for a menagerie and banqueting house, 1766, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/78
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a menagerie and banqueting house, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan and elevation of a two-storey, nine-bay building, with a peristyle bow front and a domed central circular room. To either side is an enclosed courtyard with compartments for animals
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
A Menagerie for Lord Grosr, A Dining room / with 2 Bed rooms above (in pen) and some dimensions given (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1766
datable to 1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (194 x 153)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 10
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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