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  • image SM Adam volume 39/77

Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/77

Purpose

[21] Finished drawing for the fourth scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, as executed

Aspect

Cross section of a two-storey, domed, square building, with an oculus skylight in the dome, external Doric pilasters, and inside are Doric columns screening recesses, and the walls ornamented with medallions and niches. Below is a subterranean vaulted room, with a central octagonal supporting column, and containing three layers of catacombs

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cross Section through the Chapple and Mausoleum for / the Countess of Shelburne at Bowood [for the Countess of Shelburne at Bowood in the hand of William Adam] and some dimensions given (verso) 3

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink and Naples yellow washes within a single ruled border on laid paper (466 x 601)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
Beard, 1978, p. 40
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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