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Capricci showing two elevations, a detail of a cupola, and part of a plan for a three-bay entrance portico. Below one elevation has five bays with three-bay portico, sculpture on attic storey and shallow dome. The other elevation shows a three-bay façade with columns and a projecting portico of two bays to one side.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/172
Purpose
Capricci showing two elevations, a detail of a cupola, and part of a plan for a three-bay entrance portico. Below one elevation has five bays with three-bay portico, sculpture on attic storey and shallow dome. The other elevation shows a three-bay façade with columns and a projecting portico of two bays to one side.
Aspect
Elevations, plan (part)
verso plans, details
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 172; in a contemporary hand in ink 3/5 and in pencil on time
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk
182 x 223
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Capricci in pen and black chalk showing three plans, one trimmed, and three grotesque faces, one pornographic. The largest of the plans is for an apse with columns and two bays of vaulting.
Notes
The two elevations can be compared with several capricci in this volume: that with the small five-bay pavilion with Adam vol.55/129, and the other, to which the plan relates, with 55/153.
Level
Drawing
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