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Possibly unfinished capriccio showing a pavilion with one quadrant composed as a three-bay portico flanked by aedicular niches, with attic storey and shallow stepped dome above. To one side is a three-bay quadrant with terminal pavilion of three bays with pediment and dome.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/160
Purpose
Possibly unfinished capriccio showing a pavilion with one quadrant composed as a three-bay portico flanked by aedicular niches, with attic storey and shallow stepped dome above. To one side is a three-bay quadrant with terminal pavilion of three bays with pediment and dome.
Aspect
Perspective
verso section
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 160
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash
160 x 277
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Capriccio in pencil showing a section through a hall with coved ceiling, five bays of columns flanked by aedicular niches with relief sculpture above; possibly corridors on either side. This drawing can be compared with several later schemes in volume 9, in the section of that volume dated 'after 1758', and the elevation in Adam vol.9/168.
Watermark
names
Notes
This perspective elevation is probably a variation of the chalk drawing in Adam vol.55/165 attributed to Laurent-Benoít Dewez (1731-1812), which shows much the same composition but from an oblique viewpoint. The elevation may be taken from the plan in Adam vol.55/156.
Level
Drawing
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