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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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