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[10] Design for a temple, c1787, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/17
Purpose
[10] Design for a temple, c1787, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a single-storey, single-bay building. There is a central doorway flanked by Doric pilasters supporting a pediment ornamented with a rosette and festoons of husks. The capitals contain rosettes and there is a frieze of fluting, with a central plain tablet
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Little Temple at Claremont (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1787
c1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (266 x 218)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 183, 222
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 183, 222
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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