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[24] Preliminary design for a fountain, 1776, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/162
Purpose
[24] Preliminary design for a fountain, 1776, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a spring, supported by a stylobate drawn in perspective, with three steps to either side, and supporting sculpted sphinxes, and with a bow at the front, and behind is an arch, flanked by engaged Doric columns, supporting an attic ornamented with a figurative panel, and a pediment, and this is flanked by doors surmounted by roundels, and further fluted engaged Doric columns, and the whole is shown as a ruin, with plants growing out of the stonework, and with a rough partial plan on the left-hand side of the sheet
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1776
datable to 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (302 x 256)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 222
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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