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Academic study showing a plan and elevation of a symmetrical longitudinal building with arcaded elevations enclosing a columned circular hall and other halls. Also on the sheet is an elevation of three bays with coved apsidal entrance, with niches on either side, and a shallow dome above. Below this is part of a plan of a large portico.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/122
Purpose
Academic study showing a plan and elevation of a symmetrical longitudinal building with arcaded elevations enclosing a columned circular hall and other halls. Also on the sheet is an elevation of three bays with coved apsidal entrance, with niches on either side, and a shallow dome above. Below this is part of a plan of a large portico.
Aspect
Plans, elevations
verso plan, elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 122
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash
160 x 113
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Academic study in pen showing an elevation of a three-bay portico with three sculptures on pedestals in front and part of an adjoining colonnade. Also on the sheet is a plan of a portico and colonnade to the elevation.
Watermark
star in circle
Notes
The use of pen and grey wash in this drawing is typical of the style of Laurent-Benoít Dewez (1731-1812), which Robert Adam is probably following in this design. Similar versions of this plan can be found in academic compositionsin volume 9, and also in Adam vol.55/126, 127 and 137. The elevation has been added later so that the elevation of the dome overlapsthe lower part of the plan.
Level
Drawing
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