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  • image SM Adam volume 2/124

Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/124

Purpose

[23] Preliminary design for a fountain, 1776, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation of a spring, supported by a stylobate with a bow front containing a lion mask spout, and behind is a rusticated arch, flanked by engaged fluted Doric columns, supporting a ruinous pediment

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1776
    datable to 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (110 x 113)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

King, 2001, Volume II, p. 222
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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