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[9] Preliminary design for a garden temple, c1758-63, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 9/181
Purpose
[9] Preliminary design for a garden temple, c1758-63, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan and elevation of a single-storey, three-bay rectangular temple with a circular domed centre supported by Corinthian columns, flanked by apsidal compartments ornamented with square-headed, sculpture-filled niches
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
23 / 15 (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1758-1763
datable to c1758-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (172 x 244)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 184, 226
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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