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[54] Record drawing for a pavilion, 1770, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/150
Purpose
[54] Record drawing for a pavilion, 1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Axial and longitudinal sections of the building as Adam volume 19/149, showing an interior ornamented with Spalatro pilasters, a caryatid chimneypiece and aedicular overmantel, semicircular-headed niches, a frieze of rosettes, a barrel-vaulted ceiling ornamented with octagonal compartments and oval fans, and the apse heads ornamented with medallions and drops of calyx
Scale
bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Lord Scarsdale Garden Building (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770 (in pencil)
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (419 x 603)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
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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