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Unfinished capriccio showing a building with a five-bay portico with pediment on a basement with aedicular door, with recessed five-bay wings approached by a double staircase, above a balustrade with sculpture. Below this is a small plan of the elevation showing a symmetrical composition.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/57
Purpose
Unfinished capriccio showing a building with a five-bay portico with pediment on a basement with aedicular door, with recessed five-bay wings approached by a double staircase, above a balustrade with sculpture. Below this is a small plan of the elevation showing a symmetrical composition.
Aspect
Elevation, planverso elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 57
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black chalk204 x 233
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Capriccio in pen showing a small building with five-bay portico and pediment on a rusticated basement with doorway flanked by staircases on either side of the basement door. It is a smaller version of the elevation on the recto, with the wings reduced from five bays to one. The scheme is similar in style and composition to the elevation shown in Adam vol.55/36.
Watermark
names
Notes
There is a smaller version of this elevation on the verso.
Level
Drawing
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