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[35] Preliminary design for the pyramid gate, 1776, executed with minor alterations
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/121
Purpose
[35] Preliminary design for the pyramid gate, 1776, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
View of a gate, flanked by a perimeter wall, and set within a landscape. The gate is composed of a central pyramid; with an aedicular arched opening running through the middle, flanked by small windows, and surmounted by a medallion; and the pyramid is flanked by short link walls terminating in pedestals, ornamented with festoons and supporting sculpted sphinxes
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1776
datable to 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (289 x 204)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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