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Academic study for the plan of a large circular building containing a variety of radiating rooms, with four long three-aisled passages converging on a circular space that encloses a circular pavilion with four porticoes.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/51
Purpose
Academic study for the plan of a large circular building containing a variety of radiating rooms, with four long three-aisled passages converging on a circular space that encloses a circular pavilion with four porticoes.
Aspect
Planverso elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 51
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen154 x 155
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Verso
Black chalk drawing of part of a tripartite elevation of rococo-style panelling.
Watermark
star in circle
Notes
There are two other, albeit unfinished, versions of this plan in Adam vol.9/52 and 62, and also in Adam vol.55/40. The symmetrical pavilion in the centre of the composition is a variant of that in Adam vol.9/23. It is possible that this drawing may be in Laurent-Benoít Dewez's hand, but it is closer to drawings by Robert Adam of a similar type, such as Adam vol.9/59.
Level
Drawing
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