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Unfinished capriccio showing a five-storied building of square plan with corner towers, on battered and rusticated basement with a five-bay façade above with pediment containing sculpture above a thermal window. A steep Gothic dome, topped by a spire is flanked by further spires.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/18
Purpose
Unfinished capriccio showing a five-storied building of square plan with corner towers, on battered and rusticated basement with a five-bay façade above with pediment containing sculpture above a thermal window. A steep Gothic dome, topped by a spire is flanked by further spires.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 18
Signed and dated
- Undated, possibly 1757
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen253 x 218
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
dove on monti
Notes
The mixture of classical and Gothic forms in this drawing is typical of the drawings in the Gothic section of Adam volume 54/Series 4/1-15 that date from 1757, and can also be found in this volume in the unfinished pencil design in 55/20 and the tower in 55/24. The pencil details in this drawing that are un-inked indicate a more Gothic structure than that shown in ink.
Level
Drawing
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