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[11] Finished drawing for a garden pavilion, 1764, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/133
Purpose
[11] Finished drawing for a garden pavilion, 1764, unexecuted
Aspect
Section of a circular, domed temple, supported by a stylobate, containing three windows, and containing pilasters ornamented with arabesques, with relief panels of arabesques, rosettes, and half-figures, a dado of Vitruvian scroll, a frieze of naturalistic palmettes between a serpentine ribbon, and with enclosed rosettes, and with a dome ornamented with arabesques, rosettes, tripods, festoons, medallions, and enclosed anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
above the Cornice to be Plaister (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1764
datable to 1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash on laid paper (444 x 599)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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