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  • image Adam vol.55/15

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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