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[10] Preliminary design for the third scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/75
Purpose
[10] Preliminary design for the third scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, three-bay circular building, with a rusticated basement containing an aedicular door and two arched windows, supporting an domed, Ionic closed rotunda with doors, niches and inscription panels, and with pencil underdrawing showing a higher drum and dome
Scale
to a rough bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1761
datable to 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (190 x 313)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215 (8-9, 11, 13)
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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