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  • image Adam vol.55/87

Reference number

Adam vol.55/87

Purpose

Capriccio showing an elevation of a pedimented pavilion, with Doric frieze and aedicular niche, adjoining a quadrant with three niches. In the backgound is a tree. Below is a plan showing eight rooms with two recessed three-bay porticoes.

Aspect

Elevation, plan

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 87

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Pen202 x 136, torn along a fold on the left margin

Hand

Robert Adam (attributed to)

Watermark

letters [part]

Notes

The use of shadow-hatching in the elevation is not typical of Robert Adam although the drawing style may be compared with the similar but more vigorous designs by Adam in Adam vol.55/95 and 152. The plan, which is not related to the elevation, can be compared with several small-scale drawings in volume 9, particularly Adam vol.9/49.

Level

Drawing

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