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Capriccio showing a possibly octagonal building with a shallow dome above an arcades drum decorated with a lozenge cornice pattern. Below this is an arcaded five-bay portico with a low pediment and three storied flanking elevations.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/1
Purpose
Capriccio showing a possibly octagonal building with a shallow dome above an arcades drum decorated with a lozenge cornice pattern. Below this is an arcaded five-bay portico with a low pediment and three storied flanking elevations.
Aspect
Perspective, elevations
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing in a later hand 1; inscribed on the mounting sheet, possibly in the hand of William Adam, All the Sketches that/ follow were drawn/ abroad - To the Number/ of
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown wash145 x 122
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This capriccio is part of a small group of pen and wash drawings by Robert Adam(see Adam vol.55/1-8) that show largely domed buildings in either elevation or perspective. The composion in this drawing is expanded in the larger scheme shown in Adam vol.55/7. The flanking elevations have been savagely trimmed off when the drawing was mounted in the volume. The inscription and the numerals are probably in the hand of William Adam (see also Adam vol.55/2-5).
Level
Drawing
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