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  • image SM Adam volume 19/129

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/129

Purpose

[3] Design for a garden pavilion, 1764, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a circular, domed temple, supported by a square stylobate, with steps leading to a central door within an architrave ornamented with arabesques and consoles, flanked by fluted Ionic columns supporting a pediment, and with a frieze of festoons, and the stylobate ornamented with urns

Scale

bar scale of 9/10 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • 1764
    1764 (in feint pencil)

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (432 x 603)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Scara or Benedetto Napoletano

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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