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[1] Preliminary design for the interior layout of the sculpture gallery, c1766-67, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 4/149
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for the interior layout of the sculpture gallery, c1766-67, executed with alterations
Aspect
Rough plan showing part of a house, composed of a double pile block, and a projecting wing, with an Imperial staircase, and a large rectangular room to one side with apsidal ends screened by columns, and connecting to the wing, which is composed of three spaces, with a central circular room with four niches, flanked by rectangular rooms, one of which has an apsidal end, and with rough elevations in the bottom left-hand corner showing a Diocletian window, and a sculpture-filled apse or niche
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1766-67
datable to 1766-67
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (536 x 350)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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