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Capriccio showing a pavilion with five-bay coffered, apsidal entrance on steps with pediment above and three-storey towers at either end with statues on cornice. Pedimented two-storey elevations to one side.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/63
Purpose
Capriccio showing a pavilion with five-bay coffered, apsidal entrance on steps with pediment above and three-storey towers at either end with statues on cornice. Pedimented two-storey elevations to one side.
Aspect
Perspective, elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 63
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash99 x 133
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
There is a pencil sketch for this building in Adam vol.55/46, and a more ambitious scheme in 55/41, which is also in pen and grey wash. The elevations may be related to the plan type shown in Adam vol.55/125.
Level
Drawing
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