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Academic study for the plan for a rectangular building with projecting double portico on one elevation and an apsidal entrance on the other, with a linking corridor that divides the plan into symmetrical parts each having five rooms around a central circular hall.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/27
Purpose
Academic study for the plan for a rectangular building with projecting double portico on one elevation and an apsidal entrance on the other, with a linking corridor that divides the plan into symmetrical parts each having five rooms around a central circular hall.
Aspect
Plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 27
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash116 x 181
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This drawing suggests an exercise whereby the plan for a pavilion, such as that found in Adam vol.9/20, has been duplicated and unified. There is another variation of this in Adam vol.55/127. In this way this drawing can be regarded as a step in a compositional exercise. The drawing technique of using pen and grey wash is also found in Adam vol.9/25 and 26.
Level
Drawing
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