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  • image SM Adam volume 39/82

Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/82

Purpose

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

Aspect

Section from front to rear of a two-storey, circular, domed building, containing five layers of catacombs, with a pedimented loggia on the left with Ionic columns, pediments, and a window in the side wall

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Section of the Mausoleum Marked A. for / the Countess of Shelburne at Bowood [for the Countess of Shelburne at Bowood in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil] and measurements given (verso) 2 / 2

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    Robt Adam Architect 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink and Naples yellow washes within a double ruled border on laid paper (466 x 584)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with inscriptions in the hand of Robert Adam, with addition to the title inscription in the hand of William 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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