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[17] Preliminary designfor the fourth scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/157
Purpose
[17] Preliminary designfor the fourth scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, as executed
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a square, one-storey, three-bay, domed building, with a pedimented transept in the central bay of each front, flanked on either side by an urn-filled niche on the principal front. The interior has niches in each corner, a door through the porch on the central front, and catacombs in each of the other three transepts
Scale
1 1/3 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
some measurements given and rough calculations
Signed and dated
- 1761
datable to 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (175 x 240)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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