[7] Finished drawing showing an elevation of the garden front of the first scheme for the house, 1775, unexecuted

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  - Schaw Park, Sauchie, Clackmannanshire: unexecuted designs for a house, mausoleum and carriage panels for Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart, 1775-76 (16)
    - Preliminary designs, designs and a finished drawing for the first scheme for the house, 1775, unexecuted (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/95

Purpose

[7] Finished drawing showing an elevation of the garden front of the first scheme for the house, 1775, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation as Adam volume 1/110

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

North Front of part of House and Offices at Shaw Park / If the Tower A can be lowered according / to this Drawing it will be much better (verso) 4 / 4

Signed and dated

08/07/1775
Adelphi 8th. July 1775.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (469 x 338)

Hand

Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 29
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

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