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Reference number

SM Adam volume 27/49

Purpose

[16] Preliminary design for the auditorium, c1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of an auditorium, showing a stage with a segmental proscenium arch flanked by giant columns. With seating set within a horseshoe shape, consisting of a raked pit containing benches, and with four tiers of boxes. There is a flat, coved ceiling and a centrally suspended chandelier
  • image SM Adam volume 27/49

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • c1789
    c1789

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (329 x 284)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Verso

Unrelated preliminary cross section(?) (pencil)

Literature

Sheppard, 1960, Volume XXIX, (i), p. 249
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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