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[11] Finished drawing for the third scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 28/52
Purpose
[11] Finished drawing for the third scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, domed, circular building within an Ionic closed colonnade, and resting on a square, rusticated basement of three bays. There is a central Doric aedicular door, flanked by niches, and ornamented with a band of festoons and ox skulls; and with further doors, niches and rectangular panels behind the colonnade. Figurative sculptures crown the colonnade, and the upper register has oculus windows and a frieze of anthemia and strigils beneath the dome
Scale
bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Mausoleum proposed to be Built at Bowood Park in Wiltshire by / The Right Honble The Countess of Shelburne / Being a Second Elevation for the plan / Marked C and some measurements given (verso) 1
Signed and dated
- 1761
Robt Adam Architect 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (478 x 636)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, and 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.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Drawings by the Giants of British Neo-Classicism, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1 February - 1 June 2008; Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin, 3 October 2015 - 14 February 2016
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