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Reference number

Adam volume 54/7/256

Purpose

[3] Finished drawings showing a screen at the west end of the Royal Terrace, c1768-69, unexecuted

Aspect

Profile of a three-bay screen wall, with a central fountain in the ground storey, with a strigilated containing wall, supported by a stylobate of three steps, a mask-shaped spring flanked by festoons, and set within a relieving arch ornamented with a fan. On the first storey is a central balustraded balcony, flanked by lotus capital columns, and showing a view to a lotus capital colonnade behind; this area is attended by staffage to give scale. The outer bays of the first storey contain figurative sculpture on pedestals, and are flanked by lotus capital pilasters. There is a frieze of festoons across the entire façade, surmounted by an attic in the end bays, ornamented with busts within oval niches, flanked by bands of scrolled hearts

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • c1768-69
    datable to c1768-69

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (233 x 339)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 69, 77
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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