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[4] Preliminary design showing an axial section through the central hall, c1765-68, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/50
Purpose
[4] Preliminary design showing an axial section through the central hall, c1765-68, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough axial section through the central rotunda, with a coved ceiling, and a central door, flanked by engaged Doric columns supporting a pediment, and surmounted by a rectangular relief overdoor panel, and the door is flanked by rectangular sculpture-filled recesses, and beyond are apses containing niches. Below is a rough section showing walls and roof joists around a first-storey room between the principal elevation and the hall (as seen in Adam volume 28/47)
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1765-68
date range: 1765-68 (see scheme notes)
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (192 x 298)
Hand
Either Robert or James Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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