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[16] Finished drawing for a garden pavilion, 1764, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/139
Purpose
[16] Finished drawing for a garden pavilion, 1764, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay, circular, domed temple, with a rusticated basement containing an arched door, flanked by urn-filled niches, and in the upper register is a central recessed window behind a screen of two fluted Corinthian columns, with a balustrade in between, and flanked by bays containing a window and relief panels of arabesques, griffons, and festoons, and each bay is articulated by a fluted Corinthian pilaster, and the whole has a frieze of enclosed anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Signed and dated
- 1764
1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (456 x 611)
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
Exhibition history
'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity and the Architecture of Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 27 June - 27 September 2003; New York School of Interior Design Gallery, 29 September - 4 December 2004
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk