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Capricci showing three symmetrical Gothic elevations, the more complete with a three-storey tower with crocketing and lancet windows. Below on the sheet is a plan with a seven-bay portico opening into a hall with circular colonnade.
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Reference number
Adam vol.54/Series 4/7
Purpose
Capricci showing three symmetrical Gothic elevations, the more complete with a three-storey tower with crocketing and lancet windows. Below on the sheet is a plan with a seven-bay portico opening into a hall with circular colonnade.
Aspect
Elevations, planverso details, elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 7
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1757verso: drawings of a later date
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen182 x 187. The sheet has four vertical fold lines
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Designs in pen for a classical chimney-piece with herm jambs and overmantle. Also details of two herms, a tripod brazier and an elevation of a small domed pavilion with three-bay pedimented portico on steps. These drawings are of a later date, when the sheet was re-used. The design for the chimney-piece can be compared with that in Adam vol.54/Series 6/22.
Watermark
GR and crown
Notes
The three Gothic elevations here are in the ecclesiastical style of the compositions in Adam vol.54 /Series 4/2 and 5. The plan in pen is probably that for the adjacent elevation with a Gothic portico hiding a classical interior. The small scale of the drawings is similar to that found in volume 9 (see Adam vol.9/69).
Level
Drawing
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