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Capricci showing a domed building with projecting three-bay portico on steps, linked by colonnades to U-shaped pavilions with small domes and recessed centres. To one side are other buildings. Below on the sheet is an unfinished symmetrical plan of a central columned hall with curved staircases on either side and apsidal ends.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/135
Purpose
Capricci showing a domed building with projecting three-bay portico on steps, linked by colonnades to U-shaped pavilions with small domes and recessed centres. To one side are other buildings. Below on the sheet is an unfinished symmetrical plan of a central columned hall with curved staircases on either side and apsidal ends.
Aspect
Perspective, planverso elevation, plan (part)
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 135
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk, grey wash220 x 202
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Capriccio in black chalk showing an elevation of a nine-bay building of one storey with attic and pediment with a shallow stepped dome. This elevation is similar to that in Adam vol.55/120 verso and 142 verso. Above this is part of a related plan.
Notes
The plan, which is unrelated to the perspective, is a variation of those shown in Adam vol.55/121 and 124. The pavilion in the perspective view can be compared with the more finished elevation in Adam vol.55/141. There is a version of the whole scheme seen from a different angle in Adam vol.55/22 and 164.
Level
Drawing
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