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Academic study showing a symmetrical pavilion with dome on a colonnaded drum above three smaller attic domes. A four-bay concave projecting portico is flanked by aedicular windows with relief panels above, all on a stepped base.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/175
Purpose
Academic study showing a symmetrical pavilion with dome on a colonnaded drum above three smaller attic domes. A four-bay concave projecting portico is flanked by aedicular windows with relief panels above, all on a stepped base.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 175
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, grey and brown washes
139 x 202
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
crown with horns (trimmed)
Notes
This is another exercise on the design of a symmetrical pavilion where the chalk drawing in Adam vol.55/168 attributed to Laurent-Benoít Dewez (1731-1812) was possibly the source. There is also a simplified version of this scheme in the Italian section in the Dewez drawings in the Rijksarchief, Brussels, Belgium (see Dewez 1/13). Plans that approximate these elevations can be found in the first series of volume.
Level
Drawing
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