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Capriccio showing a section through a domed hall with decoration in panels supported by a colonnade of five bays, opening under a decorated barrel vault of three bays, with niches in the wall between columns.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/178
Purpose
Capriccio showing a section through a domed hall with decoration in panels supported by a colonnade of five bays, opening under a decorated barrel vault of three bays, with niches in the wall between columns.
Aspect
Section
verso plan, details
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 178
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash
96 x 131, trimmed at top
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The section is similar in style to that in Adam vol.55/46 or that for the Adam Mausoleum in Greyfriars' Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland in Adam vol.55/37 verso. The top of the drawing has been lost in trimming.
Level
Drawing
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