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[33] Preliminary design for the stables, 1785, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/35
Purpose
[33] Preliminary design for the stables, 1785, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a circular building, with an outer curtain wall composed of three-bay links containing arched windows, alternating with projecting arched doors flanked by circular towers containing slit windows, and the inner building is two storeys in height, and octagonal; containing a stable on the ground storey, and with windows within relieving arches on the first storey, with a pepper-pot turret at the roofline of each angle, and with a conical roof
Scale
to a rough scale
Signed and dated
- 1785
Rt Adam Archt / Octr 19. 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including sepia and cerulean blue on laid paper (199 x 307)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Astley, 2000, p. 34
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 245
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 245
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Robert Adam's Castles, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 16 June - 16 September 2000
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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