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Capriccio showing a three-bay two-storey elevation with pediment above three windows divided by pilasters above a three-bay recessed portico with thermal window. It is flanked by round-headed doorways with rectangular panels above. On one side are three further bays. Below is a plan of columns.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/181
Purpose
Capriccio showing a three-bay two-storey elevation with pediment above three windows divided by pilasters above a three-bay recessed portico with thermal window. It is flanked by round-headed doorways with rectangular panels above. On one side are three further bays. Below is a plan of columns.
Aspect
Elevation, plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 181
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen
121 x 161
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The three-bay wing that is drawn faintly in pencil is perhaps an alternative suggestion, rather than this composition being an exercise in the asymmetrical (see Adam vol.55/149). The whole composition may have been intended to be inked over.
Level
Drawing
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