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  • image Adam vol.55/36

Reference number

Adam vol.55/36

Purpose

Unfinished academic study for a three-bay elevation with aedicular doorway, with relief sculpture above and columned openings on either side between pilasters on top of steps, pediment above. To one side is part of a columned wing.

Aspect

Elevation

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 36

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Pen126 x 155

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This part-elevation is a variation on that in Adam vol.55/29 and is similarly asymmetrical, although the sheet has not been trimmed. It is similar in composition to the lower centre façade for the unbuilt scheme for the Adam Mausoleum in Greyfriars' Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland shown in Adam vol.55/39.

Level

Drawing

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