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Academic study for the plan for an alternative central island for a large public building composed as a rectangular court with hemicycle ends.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/44
Purpose
Academic study for the plan for an alternative central island for a large public building composed as a rectangular court with hemicycle ends.
Aspect
Plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 44
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, grey wash97 x 159
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This is a more complex plan than that shown as the rectangular central section of Adam vol.9/43, and is an alternative version. The entrance here is through a triple portico into a hall, ahead of which is a room of Greek Cross plan. The rooms on either side are symmetrically organised, terminating in small pavilions that are explored in other schemes in this volume, particularly Adam vol.9/36. The pencil or chalk under-drawing differs considerably from the ink composition.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Robert Adam, The Creative Mind: from the Sketch to the Finished Drawing, Sir John Soane's Museum, 4 October 1996 - 1 March 1997; The Frick Collection, New York, December 1997 - April 1998; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, May - June 1998; The Octagon Museum, Washington, July 1998 - January 1999; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, February - March 1999
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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