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  • image Adam vol.9/57

Reference number

Adam vol.9/57

Purpose

Unfinished academic study for the plan of a building composed around a series of courts, the square central one having a colonnade, and four other courts with apsidal ends adjoining and linked by double colonnades to a series of pavilions. Also on the right hand side of the sheet is a small detail.

Aspect

Plan

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 57

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk, pen187 x 225, top left corner torn

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This composition for a large complex with courtyards may be compared with similar schemes in Adam vol.9/61 and 64, and also Adam vol.55/28, which also shows elevations.

Level

Drawing

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