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Adam Volume 9

Signed and dated

1755
Main Year
Other Years: 1756 1757

Notes

Volume 9 was a blank vellum-bound book into which the varous sketches have been pasted; its pages show Italian watermark of circled fleur de lys typical of mid-eighteenth-century Italy. Virtually all the drawings were trimmed before being placed in the volume, for the most part numbered in ink on the drawing, usually at the top, in an eighteenth-century hand, also found on the drawings at Blair Adam and in the Clerk Collection, Scotland.

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Contents of Adam Volume 9

Academic study for the design of a triangular building, arranged as two elevations of a two-storied building with octagonal corner and central tower, and a plan with a central circular court. To one side of the sheet is another, incomplete plan of a large courtyarded building with an apsidal oval court and double colonnade.
Academic study for the plan of a circular building composed around a square court surrounded by a double colonnade, with four oval staircases and four openings with niches on either side on the elevations.
Academic study for the plan of a circular building having a circular central court with niches and columns, two staircases and a projecting three-bay portico on steps. In the bottom right of the sheet is part of a small circular plan.
Academic study for a small plan of a square building with a circular colonnaded centre, three staircases, one of which is circular, and a large projecting portico of four bays on steps.
Academic study for a plan and elevation of a pavilion. The elevation shows a pavilion with a central dome and pedimented three-bay entrance portico with flanking wings. Alongside this, the plan shows a similar pavilion with a circular hall and projecting pediment but without the wings. The apsidal elevation at the top of the plan has been deleted and enlarged.
Unfinished academic study for a plan of a pavilion, with a five-bay portico on steps, flanking single-bay wings with bow ends, opening into an apsidal main hall with columned screens to three further halls. Additional rooms are suggested in chalk.
Academic study for the plan of a pavilion with seven-bay apsidal elevation and a circular, colonnaded room flanked by four staircases, two of which are circular, and three additional large rooms, one of which is a bedroom.
Academic study for the plan of a public building with three stepped porticoes to an open octagon that has eight wedge-shaped rooms converging on the cage of a central spiral staircase. On the fourth side is a quasi-detached five-bay stepped portico with bow ends.
Academic study for sketch plan of a symmetrical building with three interlinked courtyards, entered at the centre through an apsidal doorway flanked by niches on steps.
Unfinished academic study for the plan of a large public building composed of four pavilions linked by staircases. Between the pavilions are four apsidal bays, and together they form a central square with symmetrical arcaded elevations.
Academic study for the plan of a rectangular building with projecting three-bay pilastered entrance. A colonnaded hall with large staircase at one end opens onto a circular room with columns.
Academic study for the plan of a rectangular square pavilion with three large and one small apsidal elevations and containing three circular rooms, two curved staircases and a long rectangular hall with screened apsidal ends.
Academic study for a plan, probably at first floor, of a symmetrical pavilion with a five-bay recessed entrance. Two projecting circular rooms flank a central hall with octagonal colonnading, off which is an apsidal room with two curved staircases on either side.
Academic study for the plan of a large public building, possibly a church, with a longitudinal plan: a central octagon with colonnade entered at one end through a projecting five-bay portico, and at the other end through a three-bay opening with side doors and spiral staircases on either side of a large portico (the latter now trimmed off the drawing)
Academic study for sketch plan of a symmetrical building with a three-bay projecting portico with steps, leading to a rectangular room with column screens at either end. Beyond this are three rooms culminating in an elevation with coupled columns and three large apses with niches.
Academic study for two sketch plans of small centralised churches on the Greek Cross plan. Each has a projecting three-bay portico with steps; that on the right of the sheet has a circular interior of alternating columns and niches, and that on the left has an oval interior with column screens.
Academic study showing two sketch plans. The larger is a plan for a group of pavilions in an an oval court, composed of an outer and inner colonnade linking large and small pavilions in a lateral composition terminating in square pavilions. Below this is a small unfinished sketch for a plan for a courtyarded building with octagonal pavilions at each corner.
Academic study for the plan of a pavilion, probably showing the first floor. It has a three-bay portico flanked by two spiral staircases, which opens into a three-bay screen. Beyond this is a large apsidal room, with two smaller circular rooms either side.
Academic study for the plan of the entrance of a pavilion with a three-bay portico on steps. Behind this is a large hall with a double apse and two square flanking rooms and two matching triangular staircases.
Unfinished academic study for the plan of a villa with four symmetrical elevations, each with a central apse and circular corner rooms opening onto an octagon with columned entrances.
Academic study for the plan of a large courtyarded building with square central hall or court enclosing a colonnade with four entrances between niches. These open into two rectangular rooms with colonnades and apsidal ends, with four square rooms or pavilions at the corners.
Academic study for a plan for a large public building with an entrance courtyard with a square porticoed pavilion in the centre. The courtyard opens through a columned exedra into a large apsidal hall that has circular columned pavilions on either side. At the top of the sheet is a profile of a cornice.
Academic study for a sketch plan for a symmetrical pavilion with four projecting three-bay porticoes and a square colonnaded courtyard within a circular central hall.
Academic study for a plan of a large symmetrical pavilion with four recessed three-bay porticoes, with steps leading to a courtyard. The courtyard has a fountain in the centre and four smaller fountains in each corner within a curved or square niche.
Academic study for a plan for a square pavilion with double staircase and a central rectangular hall, surrounded by columns and with curved ends. At the bottom of the shhet is a partial diagram in black chalk.
Academic study for the plan of a circular pavilion with eight external three-bay niches. In the centre is a pavilion in Greek Cross style. Underlying the plan is an finished sketch of a Corinthian capital.
Academic study for the plan for a rectangular building with projecting double portico on one elevation and an apsidal entrance on the other, with a linking corridor that divides the plan into symmetrical parts each having five rooms around a central circular hall.
Academic study for the plan for a rectangular, symmetrical pavilion with five-bay portico on steps, which opens into a hall with columns next to piers and two staircases to each side. At each corner are circular rooms, and at the top is a five-bay loggia with niches and pilasters.
Academic study for the plan of a rectangular pavilion with a double portico of five bays on steps leading into a central circular hall that has four niches. On each side, a long corridor with staircase separates the hall from, on one side, one room and on the other side, three rooms.
Academic study for the plan for a symmetrical pavilion with a central octagon adjoining an apsidal hall with a five-bay screen, opening each side onto a room in Greek Cross form. Below the plan is a capriccio showing an overgrown classical ruin set in a landscape, with vaults and arches, a dome and five-bay loggia.
Unfinished academic study for a plan for a series of pavilions around an oval courtyard with colonnades, leading to a large symmetrical pavilion with four-bay portico. This opens onto a circular hall with large apse beside two flanking spiral staircases.
Academic study for two unfinished plans for buildings. One is octagonal with a double ring of columns alternating with square piers in the centre, and niches in the wall behind. The other plan has a circular columned court with a small Greek Cross pavilion in the centre, approached through a portico with steps. In the bottom right corner is a sketch for a horse's head.
Academic study for the plan and elevation of a shallow domed pavilion with a three-bay projecting portico and steps, opening onto a circular hall with columns and two oval staircases; the pavilion enclosed in a hemicycle of columns. The pavilion is linked by curved quadrants to two smaller pavilions with pediments and relief sculpture, joined by a four-deep screen of columns and piers with niches.
Academic study for the plan for a public building with a double convex portico on steps that opens through rectangular and circular halls to a central space divided into three parts by columns, with two square campanile with round corners on either side. Beneath the plan are two sections through a domed apse, with coffering and oculus above niches and screen.
Academic study for the plan of a square eleven-bay pavilion on steps, with apsidal entrance opening into an enclosed central hall. Two oval staircases are on either side of a long corridor, and additional spiral staircases adjoin octagonal halls.
Academic study for three plans. At the top is an unfinished plan for a pavilion with a projecting five-bay portico, opening onto a longitudinal corridor, either side of which is a circular hall, joined at one side by a quadrant leading to two smaller pavilions. Below this is a plan for a small symmetrical pavilion with four projecting porticoes leading to a circular hall. A small part of a wall plan appears at the bottom of the sheet.
Academic study for the plan for a large, square, symmetrical building, possibly a mausoleum, with four projecting porticoes and four circular corner towers. Each of these has five apses and opens down a triple-aisled corridor onto a circular hall that has a free-standing colonnade.
Academic study for the plan for a circular pavilion or mausoleum with four entrances that each open into a long, symmetrical apsidal hall, which then converge on a central circular court surrounded by columns.
Unfinished academic study for the plan of a large public building composed of two connected pavilions in the centre of a court with hemicycle ends and several linked pavilions. The circular pavilion at the top has four porticoes aligned diagonally surrounding pavilions in saltire form. The lower pavilion is composed as two apses facing a rectangular hall.
Academic study for the plan for a square pavilion with four corner pavilions and three-bay entrance portico opening onto an octagonal court. On either side are projecting apsidal rooms, and a loggia of columns and piers, and small staircases on either side.
Unfinished academic studies for the plan and courtyard elevation of a public building. The plan shows the building set around a court with quadrant corners, entered through a concave portico flanked by octagonal rooms, leading to two large symmetrical pavilions with porticoes facing across the court. The elevation shows a pedimented portico of three bays between pilasters; on either side is a door flanked by sculpture niches with thermal windows above.
Academic study for the design for a square funerary urn with asymmetrical relief decoration with a central inscription panel. Below the panel is a small bust within a circular relief supported by two putti.
Academic study for the plan for a large public building composed as a rectangular courtyard with hemicycle ends separated by a screen of pavilions and colonnades. In the central island is a large symmetrical rectangular pavilion with five-bay porticoes facing each hemicycle.
Academic study for the plan for an alternative central island for a large public building composed as a rectangular court with hemicycle ends.
Unfinished academic study for the plan of the corner part of a courtyard building with internal arcade giving access to a series of pavilions, of which the top has an oval central hall flanked by oval stairs. To one side is a curved pavilion with three-bay recessed centre.
Unfinished academic study for the plan of a symmetrical pavilion with three-bay recessed portico leading past two oval staircases to a circular hall with an arcade of columns and niches. Beyond this is an apsidal room.
Unfinished academic study for the plan of a symmetrical pavilion with a three-bay apsidal entrance with projecting tripartite podium and steps, leading to a circular hall with oval rooms on either side.
Unfinished academic study for the plan of a pavilion with a five-bay portico, opening into a small circular hall flanked by double staircases. Beyond this is a long room with screened apsidal ends and a portico, and possibly steps.
Academic study for two plans for a pavilion, one with an apsidal entrance and circular hall flanked by double staircases. Below this is a plan in sketch form showing a similar composition with circular hall and staircases.
Academic study for the plan for a pavilion with a three-bay entrance of recessed steps with aedicular niches on either side, an octagonal central hall with four screened niches, and an inner arcade, beyond which is a double-columned apse. Also on the sheet is a detail of stairs and wall.
Academic study for the plan of a large circular building containing a variety of radiating rooms, with four long three-aisled passages converging on a circular space that encloses a circular pavilion with four porticoes.
Unfinished academic study for the plan for a circular building with possibly four three-bay porticoes opening into a circular courtyard.
Unfinished academic study for the plan for a large series of pavilions and courts. At the top two symmetrical pavilions are joined by a double colonnade that forms the entrance to a large convex portico. This in turn leads to a series of circular halls, on either side of which are two large colonnaded apses and more buildings. Below this plan are fragmentary and unfinished drawings of foliage, and some pen tryouts.
Academic study for the plan for a symmetrical pavilion (possibly with wings) entered through a seven-bay portico on steps, leading to an octagonal hall with large niches in the quarters and two rooms on either side leading to quadrants.
Unfinished academic study for the plan of a rectangular and symmetrical pavilion with central octagonal court that has convex quarters and apsidal rooms on either side.
Academic study showing part of a symmetrical city with harbour basin, a square of formal public gardens in the centre and a hemicycle of buildings, with additional squares and gardens to the side.
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.
Academic study for the plan of a building with one five-bay double portico and another single portico of three bays; on either side are wings with apsidal pavilions. It is enclosed in a hemicycle of pilasters or piers.
Academic study for the plan of a large building with circular and rectangular colonnaded courts in the centre, enclosed by another large courtyard with hemicycle at the top, incorporating a pavilion with portico.
Academic study for the plan for part of a symmetrical city with a harbour and lazaretto below, with a central axis running to the top of a hemicycle of noblemen's houses. On either side are more buildings and public gardens.
Academic study for the plan of a large symmetrical building with a central court of columns and niches, entered through a portico with steps; above is a hemicycle with pavilions, and unfinished projecting colonnades on either side. Above, top right of the sheet, is a detail of a two-handed decorated urn; at the bottom left is part of a diagram.
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.
Academic study for part of an elevation and plan for a quadrant with a three-bay portico entering a screened hall with another oval hall beyond this. On either side
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.
Unfinished academic study for part of a plan for a hall with two screened apses with colonnades of columns and piers, and a large staircase of three flights. Towards the top right is an overdrawing of a figure.
Capriccio showing a shelf tomb in a decorated niche with parts of columns on either side, supported by two decorated consoles with lion masks below holding a swag. It appears to be set on part of the wall of a pyramid.
Design for an urn on a pedestal. The urn has two handles and a pine cone finial. It stands on a square plinth decorated with an eagle above a swag and a lion mask. Below the urn and to its right are unfinished drawings of a foot and a hand. There are pen tryouts at the top left of the sheet
Academic study for the plan and elevation for a square, symmetrical building with four recessed porticoes on steps, leading to a circular hall with colonnade and four oval corner halls. Below is an elevation composed of a shallow dome on steps and drum with an arcade below and a five-bay portico on steps flanked by two three-bay pavilions with pediments.
Academic study for two plans and a section through a triangular pavilion with a central circular hall with columns and niches, with two porticoes at either end, one of five bays on steps, the other of three bays recessed. The smaller sketch plan has different porticoes. To the left of the sheet is a longitudinal section through a domed hall with statues in niches and porticoes at either side.
Academic study for part of a plan for a large building of diamond form [?] showing two triangular apexes, linked by arcades and niches in a complex pattern, with a central space in Greek Cross form with columns.
Academic study for part of a plan for a courtyard with quadrant, with a small pavilion behind linked by columns to a rectangular pavilion with a square hall with niches at either end.
Capriccio showing part of the elevation of a large building on a basement composed as a centre block of four stories with a series of columned porticos with domes and pediments to one side.