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  • image SM Adam volume 28/54

Reference number

SM Adam volume 28/54

Purpose

[8] Finished drawing for the third scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the basement storey of a square mausoleum containing a circular room with a central column, an entrance to one side flanked by engaged columns, eighteen catacombs, a spiral staircase in one corner of the building, and the exterior ornamented with blind windows, and niches either side of the door on the principal front

Scale

bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Ground plan of the Mausoleum Marked C. / For Lady Shelburne (in the hand of William Adam) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    Robt Adam Architect 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (457 x 523)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with inscriptions in the hand of Robert Adam, and additional inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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