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Unfinished capriccio showing an elevation of five bays with a three-bay pedimented portico with coffered and apsidal doorway on steps and attic storey above. There is one small wing of three niches containing sculpture with an inscription panel below.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/53
Purpose
Unfinished capriccio showing an elevation of five bays with a three-bay pedimented portico with coffered and apsidal doorway on steps and attic storey above. There is one small wing of three niches containing sculpture with an inscription panel below.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 53
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil120 x 226
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
horned crown [part]
Notes
Unlike most of the compositions in this volume, this unfinished drawing has been formally set out to scale and with pencil guidelines. As a result it may be compared with several of the plans found in volume 9, see particularly Adam vol.9/7-12. Like Adam vol.55/52, the style of this elevation can be compared to the elevation at the top of Adam vol.55/140.
Level
Drawing
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