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[12] Preliminary design for the third scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/7/203
Purpose
[12] Preliminary design for the third scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, unexecuted
Aspect
Section of a three-storey circular building, resting on a vaulted basement containing catacombs, which support a central spiral staircase, a colonnaded drum on the first floor, and a domed third floor
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1761
datable to 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (147 x 234)
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
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