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Academic study for the plan of the entrance of a pavilion with a three-bay portico on steps. Behind this is a large hall with a double apse and two square flanking rooms and two matching triangular staircases.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/19
Purpose
Academic study for the plan of the entrance of a pavilion with a three-bay portico on steps. Behind this is a large hall with a double apse and two square flanking rooms and two matching triangular staircases.
Aspect
Plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 19
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56.
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk, pencil133 x 149
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This drawing is part of a group of pencil and chalk exercises by Robert Adam on the theme of a small pavilion (see also Adam vol.9/18 and 20), and was probably intended to be developed further in ink and with a scale, as in Adam vol.9/7. They are all similar in composition and scale to the hatched schemes at Adam vol.9/11 and 12, and all can be seen as developments from Adam vol.9/5. Like 9/18, there are traces here of a preliminary pencil outline. The composition can probably be related to similar chalk plans in Adam volume 55, particularly 55/120.
Level
Drawing
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