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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.
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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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