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[22] Preliminary designs for an altar and ironwork gates, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/7/244
Purpose
[22] Preliminary designs for an altar and ironwork gates, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevations of an altar and a gateway. The altar is composed of an octagonal, arcaded, Doric portico, supported by a deep stylobate, and surmounted by balustrading, and a small drum and dome, and to one side there is a strigillated pedestal, supporting a turned candle stick. The gateway has a central, arched entrance, barred by an ironwork gate, flanked by paired columns, and surmounted by balustrading, and a smaller upper register composed of a portico, supporting winged putti flanking a clock (verso) very rough plan and elevation for a variant altar
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Altars for / Lord Clifford (all in pen) / (and in pencil) The Casts for the / Stair case & Chappel / at Ugbrooke / for Ld Clifford and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1775
1775
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen on laid paper (189 x 303)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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