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Unfinished capriccio showing an asymmetrical building with a domed circular tower of several stories above a portico with segmental portico on a basement. To one side is a wing of colonnades and pyramid, and to the other a smaller arcaded wing. In the foreground is an equestrian statue.
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Reference number
Adam vol.21/40
Purpose
Unfinished capriccio showing an asymmetrical building with a domed circular tower of several stories above a portico with segmental portico on a basement. To one side is a wing of colonnades and pyramid, and to the other a smaller arcaded wing. In the foreground is an equestrian statue.
Aspect
Elevationverso plans
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably c.1757
Medium and dimensions
Pencil491 x 714, the shhet has two vertical foldlines
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Capricci, in pencil, showing two plans. One is for a square building with concave columned entrance elevation leading to a circular hall with a triangular colonnade, with a symmetrical pavilion at the apex. The other is an orthogonal plan of a triangular building with flanking colonnades and a central pavilion, which may be compared to Adam vol.55/43.
Watermark
Wm. Dovecote
Notes
In the opinion of A. A. Tait, this drawing relates in time and place or subject to those contained in Adam volume 55.The composition is similar to that in Adam vol.10/18 and, like that drawing, it is similarly unfinished on one side and may be related to a vast design for a palace (see Adam vol.28/1 and Adam vol.10/14 verso). It belongs to the period of c.1757 and shows strongly the influence on Robert Adam of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and the Roman Concorso Clementino designs.
Level
Drawing
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