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  • image SM Adam volume 39/81

Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/81

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for the first scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a one-storey, five-bay building, with a two-storey, circular, domed building containing a central oculus skylight behind, with the central three bays arcaded and articulated by a portico of Ionic column supporting a pediment, flanked on either side by end niches containing niches and articulated by Ionic pilasters. The whole is crowned by balustrading and sculpture

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

another (in pencil in the hand of William Adam) Design of a Mausoleum proposed to be Erected at Bowood in Wiltshire / By / The Right Honourable The Countess of Shelburne. A and measurements given (verso) 1 / 1

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    Robt Adam Architect 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (478 x 585)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with inscriptions in the hand of Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
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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