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[1] Preliminary design for the interior of a garden temple, 1767, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/126
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for the interior of a garden temple, 1767, executed with alterations
Aspect
Rough section, showing the elevation of an arched wall, with a figurative sculpture, supported by a rectangular pedestal ornamented with a panel of rinceaux, flanked by columns, supporting a lintel ornamented by festoons, and flanked by rectangular grisaille panels, with a serpentine frieze, and a square panel, flanked by triangular panels of rinceaux above the frieze
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (133 x 186)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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