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SM Adam volume 30/96

Purpose

[4] Design for a house, showing the principal front, ND, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the principal front of a two-storey house set over a half-sunk basement, and with a balustraded hipped roof. The central three bays are recessed and set being a Doric portico on the ground storey, and forming a balcony on the first storey, and with a central front door accessed by straight external stairs; and this recess is flanked by single-bay projections, with the ground storey windows flanked by engaged Doric columns, surmounted by a half-height window on the first storey, and both are set within a relieving arch; and to either side a single-bay projection from the side front is visible

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Front Elevation of a House for Captain Simpson (in the hand of William Adam underwritten in pencil) (verso) 1

Signed and dated

  • c1787-94
    date range: 1787-94

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (425 x 246)

Hand

Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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