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Unfinished academic study for the plan of a villa with four symmetrical elevations, each with a central apse and circular corner rooms opening onto an octagon with columned entrances.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/20
Purpose
Unfinished academic study for the plan of a villa with four symmetrical elevations, each with a central apse and circular corner rooms opening onto an octagon with columned entrances.
Aspect
Plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 20
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56.
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk, pencil126 x 163
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, the others being Adam vol.9/18 and 19, although this drawing is less finished than the other two drawings. 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. The draughtsmanship here is firmer and less precise, and both in this aspect and in its composition it may be compared with the larger scheme in Adam vol.9/10. There is another similar but smaller centralised scheme in Adam vol.55/128.
Level
Drawing
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