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[5] Finished drawing for a conservatory, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/152
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for a conservatory, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a single-storey, five-bay, rectangular, pedimented temple, with three acroteria, and a medallion in the tympanum of the pediment, resting on a shallow stylobate, and with two steps on the principal and side fronts. The principal front has a fluted frieze, with a central tablet of festoons across three bays, and the end bays are articulated by lotus capital pilasters, with sculpture-filled niches in the end bays, and the central three bays open, with the central bay articulated by lotus capital columns, forming a screen across the opening. The interior has additional niches in the end bays of the back wall, and the end bays are screened by two columns, and with some rough pencil-drawn annotations
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Temple for Anthony Chamier Esqr to be Built in his Garden / at Epsom in Surrey / Plan of the Temple and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1774
1774 (in feint pencil)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (440 x 593)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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