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Unfinished academic study for the plan of a symmetrical pavilion with a three-bay apsidal entrance with projecting tripartite podium and steps, leading to a circular hall with oval rooms on either side.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/47
Purpose
Unfinished academic study for the plan of a symmetrical pavilion with a three-bay apsidal entrance with projecting tripartite podium and steps, leading to a circular hall with oval rooms on either side.
Aspect
Plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 47
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk139 x 155
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Notes
This drawing is possibly a variation of the chalk plans by Robert Adam in Adam vol.9/9 and 20, and may have been intended to be symmetrical but has been badly trimmed. There is a similar drawing of the same scale in Adam vol.55/170 verso, which is symmetrical. The source for this plan may be the small chalk drawing attributed to Laurent-Benoít Dewez in Adam vol.9/49.
Level
Drawing
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