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Capriccio showing an elevation and plan of a symmetrical building with five-bay portico on steps, on either side of which are projecting wings of three bays with pediments and small cupolas, above an arcade of five bays with a shallow dome on drum. Below this is drawn a plan in pencil of a square with corner pavilions and central pavilion with circular colonnaded hall.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/14
Purpose
Capriccio showing an elevation and plan of a symmetrical building with five-bay portico on steps, on either side of which are projecting wings of three bays with pediments and small cupolas, above an arcade of five bays with a shallow dome on drum. Below this is drawn a plan in pencil of a square with corner pavilions and central pavilion with circular colonnaded hall.
Aspect
Elevation, plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 14
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown wash310 x 205
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
grapes
Notes
This drawing belongs with Adam vol.55/8, 10 and 11 as a small group of symmetrical elevations with wings and a domed centre block. The plan on the sheet is unrelated to the elevation and is drawn to a smaller scale; it can be compared with the chalk plan in Adam vol.55/28.
Level
Drawing
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