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Probably unfinished capriccio showing an asymmetrical elevation for a single-storey building with a three-bay pedimented centrepiece with segmental pedimented doorway. This is flanked by aedicular windows, and has single bays on either side, one of which is connected to an arched pavilion with plain attic storey above.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/151
Purpose
Probably unfinished capriccio showing an asymmetrical elevation for a single-storey building with a three-bay pedimented centrepiece with segmental pedimented doorway. This is flanked by aedicular windows, and has single bays on either side, one of which is connected to an arched pavilion with plain attic storey above.
Aspect
Elevationverso plan, elevation (part)
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 151
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk104 x 197
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Black chalk capriccio showing part of a plan for a small building with circular colonnaded rooms around a square courtyard. Below is part of an elevation of a columned, domed building, which is not related to the plan and has been cropped in trimming of the sheet.
Watermark
star in circle
Notes
This pedimented elevation is perhaps the basis for the more developed pen drawing in Adam vol.55/36.
Level
Drawing
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