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Academic study for the plan of a large, probably symmetrical, building with a central hall of Greek Cross form, with octagonal halls on either side, leading to large double-porticoes of eight bays on steps and two other porticoes.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/64
Purpose
Academic study for the plan of a large, probably symmetrical, building with a central hall of Greek Cross form, with octagonal halls on either side, leading to large double-porticoes of eight bays on steps and two other porticoes.
Aspect
Plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 64
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 -56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk181 x 201
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
pot [?]
Notes
The plan may be compared with a similar but smaller and more finished scheme in Adam vol.9/21. In the portico arrangement and symmetrical arrangement of the halls, it may also be related to both Robert and James Adam's later schemes for a Parliament building (see A. A. Tait, Robert Adam: drawings and imagination, Cambridge, 1993, pp.55-9).
Level
Drawing
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