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Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/69

Purpose

[6] Alternative finished drawing for the principal elevation of a house, 1790, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey, three-bay house with a pitched roof, with flanking single-bay wings terminating in pavilions with pedimented domed roofs, over a half sunk basement. There is a raised entrance portico within a relieving arch with Tuscan columns and a fluted frieze. Across the entire elevation are a mixture of arched, square-headed and tripartite windows, some in moulded and pedimented surrounds, as well as rope moulding, enclosed rosettes, balustrading and panels

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to t0 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Elevation of the South of Champ fleurie ~

Signed and dated

  • 1790
    datable to 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (464x269)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 6
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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