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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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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