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  • image SM Adam volume 19/132

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/132

Purpose

[7] Finished drawing for a garden pavilion, 1764, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a circular, domed temple, supported by a square stylobate, with stairs leading to a central door, with a frieze of arabesques, flanked by sculpture-filled niches, and each bay articulated by engaged fluted Ionic columns. The temple is ornamented with urns, relief panels containing half-figures, griffons, and scrolled hearts, patera, and with a frieze of festoons

Scale

bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Elevation of an Ionic Temple for [name scratched out] and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1764
    R.A. 1764

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (442 x 602)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

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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