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Capriccio of a sketch elevation of a three-bay pavilion with shallow dome, the doorway having segmental pediment flanked by sculpture in niches. To one side is an arcaded wing.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/15
Purpose
Capriccio of a sketch elevation of a three-bay pavilion with shallow dome, the doorway having segmental pediment flanked by sculpture in niches. To one side is an arcaded wing.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 15
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk120 x 218. The left hand edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The asymmetrical nature of this composition, like that in Adam vol.55/12 and 29, may be due to the sketchy character of the chalk drawing, and was perhaps intended to resemble the elevation in Adam vol.55/28, but cropped when the sheet was trimmed.
Level
Drawing
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