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  • image Adam vol.9/62

Reference number

Adam vol.9/62

Purpose

Unfinished academic study for the plan for a large colonnaded, circular courtyard and four large pavilions with porticoes and circular halls, linked by smaller pavilions with wings.

Aspect

Plan

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 62

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk203 x 236

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

horned crown

Notes

This drawing is probably an early study for the unfinished drawing for a circular building in Adam vol.9/52. It is possible that the pavilion and quadrant details in Adam vol.9/63 are elevational developments of this plan and that in 9/52.

Level

Drawing

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