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Design for a small pavilion showing a five-bay elevation with alternative forms of corner towers, one rusticated, that flank an octagan crowned with a cupola of columns, surmounted by a figure.
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Reference number
Adam vol.18/87
Purpose
Design for a small pavilion showing a five-bay elevation with alternative forms of corner towers, one rusticated, that flank an octagan crowned with a cupola of columns, surmounted by a figure.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in red ink in James Adam's hand Ja. Adam Ivt. & Delt. 1751
Signed and dated
- 1751
Medium and dimensions
Pen, ink framing line164 x 187
Hand
James Adam
Notes
In the opinion of A. A. Tait, this drawing relates in time and place or subject to those contained in Adam volume 7.This drawing may be compared with that of a small house by James Adam dated 1752 in Adam vol.7/16. It may also be related to his church designs in Adam vol.26/118-20, and to several similar compositions at Blair Adam (see J. Fleming, Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh & Rome, London, 1962, pls.31 and 32. The sheet itself is on an original paper backing and this drawing appears to have been used to replace a missing one of which the outline remains.
Level
Drawing
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