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[18] Preliminary design for a sundial, c1763-85
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/7/269
Purpose
[18] Preliminary design for a sundial, c1763-85
Aspect
Four rough plans, and one rough elevation of a sundial, with a fluted stylobate supporting winged half-sphinxes, supporting a tapering, rectangular pedestal, ornamented with a figurative panel, surmounted by anthemia, calyx, and ram masks, and a slab ornamented with Vitruvian scroll to the side, and divided in variant ways as a sun dial in the four plans
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sir John Griffin Griffin and some measurements in pen and pencil (verso) part of a letter
Signed and dated
- 1763-85
date range: 1763-85
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (134 x 322)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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