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  • image SM Adam volume 19/136

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/136

Purpose

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

Aspect

Plan of the principal (first) storey of a circular temple, with a central circular room, encircled by smaller rooms: one hexagonal, one circualr, and two elliptical. These rooms alternate with screened and balustraded balconies

Scale

bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • 1764
    datable to 1764

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (455 x 614)

Hand

Adam office hand

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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