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Design for a segmental pedimented window showing in perspective five unfinished alternatives of the windowhead and pediment, two showing lion masks at the base of the console. Below are two more compositions with scale decoration and a detail of a plain console.
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Reference number
Adam vol.54/Series 7/129
Purpose
Design for a segmental pedimented window showing in perspective five unfinished alternatives of the windowhead and pediment, two showing lion masks at the base of the console. Below are two more compositions with scale decoration and a detail of a plain console.
Aspect
Perspectivesverso elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, possibly c.1763/4
Medium and dimensions
Chalk345 x 200
Hand
possibly Robert Adam
Verso
Pencil design for a triangular pedimented window suported by fluted consoles.
Notes
In the opinion of A. A. Tait, this drawing relates in time and place or subject to those contained in Adam volume 7.Both this design and that on the verso may be associated with James Adam's elevation for the Royal Theatre of c.1763/4 (see Adam vol.7/170). The segmental pediment drawing may also be compared with the pen drawing in Adam vol.7/172. The hand is not typical of James Adam or his Office and may be that of Robert Adam. This sheet is evidently an addition to Adam volume 54 and two corners of a former drawing remain on the album leaf as well as overlapping Adam vol.54/Series 7/128.
Level
Drawing
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