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  • image Adam vol.9/52

Reference number

Adam vol.9/52

Purpose

Unfinished academic study for the plan for a circular building with possibly four three-bay porticoes opening into a circular courtyard.

Aspect

Plan

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 52

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Pencil202 x 224

Hand

Robert Adam (attributed to)

Notes

The plan here is a more careful drawing of the composition shown in Adam vol.9/62; it can also be compared with the freehand scheme in pen in 9/51. There is another variation of this plan in the later section of Adam volume 9 (see 9/241). The plan of two entrance pavilions with a circular hall is probably developed from those on the verso of Adam vol.9/69 by Laurent-Benoít Dewez (1731-1812). The pencil guidelines here are clearly visible, as is the point of the compass that was used in the drawing.

Level

Drawing

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