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Academic study for the plan of a public building with three stepped porticoes to an open octagon that has eight wedge-shaped rooms converging on the cage of a central spiral staircase. On the fourth side is a quasi-detached five-bay stepped portico with bow ends.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/8
Purpose
Academic study for the plan of a public building with three stepped porticoes to an open octagon that has eight wedge-shaped rooms converging on the cage of a central spiral staircase. On the fourth side is a quasi-detached five-bay stepped portico with bow ends.
Aspect
Plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 8
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56.
Medium and dimensions
Pen over red chalk140 x 135, bottom left corner torn
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
fleur de lys in single circle
Notes
This drawing uses hatching in a more sketchy way than found in the drawings in Adam vol.9/7, 11 and 12. In terms of composition, this drawing can be compared with the plan in Adam vol.9/14. The chalk guidelines suggest it is an academic exercise similar to Adam vol.9/6. A similar plan with a wide and deep double portico is found in Adam vol.55/182, and it may also be compared to an unfinished scheme in chalk in Adam vol.55/folio 3 recto.
Level
Drawing
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