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Reference number

Adam vol.55/83

Purpose

Capriccio showing a five-bay building with steps to a pedimented doorway within a relief arch above a basement. Above is a bold modillion cornice with shallow stepped dome, and smaller domes on two projecting corner towers.

Aspect

Perspectiveverso plan, detail, elevation (part)

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 83

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown wash116 x 185

Hand

Robert Adam

Verso

Outline plan in pen of a building with three courts, two of which are circular. Also on sheet are a detail of cupola and the pediment of a partial elevation, part removed when the sheet was trimmed.

Notes

The bold rather crude composition and unsubtle use of brown wash found here is similar to the drawings in the early section of volume 55, see Adam vol.55/1-8.

Level

Drawing

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