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Academic study for three plans. At the top is an unfinished plan for a pavilion with a projecting five-bay portico, opening onto a longitudinal corridor, either side of which is a circular hall, joined at one side by a quadrant leading to two smaller pavilions. Below this is a plan for a small symmetrical pavilion with four projecting porticoes leading to a circular hall. A small part of a wall plan appears at the bottom of the sheet.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/36
Purpose
Academic study for three plans. At the top is an unfinished plan for a pavilion with a projecting five-bay portico, opening onto a longitudinal corridor, either side of which is a circular hall, joined at one side by a quadrant leading to two smaller pavilions. Below this is a plan for a small symmetrical pavilion with four projecting porticoes leading to a circular hall. A small part of a wall plan appears at the bottom of the sheet.
Aspect
Plans
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 36
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash; pencil (lower plan)183 x 201
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Watermark
horned crown
Notes
The unfinished plan at the top of the sheet is a detailed form of one of the pavilions that appears in the top quadrant of the large scheme shown in Adam vol.9/39. The composition of the corridor of the pavilion is similar to that in Adam vol.9/27. The lower plan of a circular pavilion is a variation on the one in Adam vol.9/23. The drawing technique is similar to that found in Adam vol.9/27, 35, 37 and 38.
Level
Drawing
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