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[122] Design for a ruinous garden fort or folly, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/1
Purpose
[122] Design for a ruinous garden fort or folly, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Perspective view of a ruined castle within a landscape, with a central circular keep, and two castellated wings
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1774
datable to 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and brown wash on laid paper (362 x 257)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Astley, 2000, p. 34
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 246
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 246
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Robert Adam's Castles, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 16 June - 16 September 2000
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk