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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.
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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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