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[5] Finished drawing for the observatory, 1767
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/119
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for the observatory, 1767
Aspect
Elevation of a four-storey tower, with a central arched door on the ground storey, flanked by balustraded horse-shoe stairs, and with the central bay on the first and second storeys behind a screen of two columns, and with a central door, and the central bay is flanked by a bay containing windows on the first and second storeys, and articulated by pilasters, and above the second storey is a frieze of enclosed rosettes and swags, surmounted by a balustraded viewing platform, with three single-bay domed towers
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Elevation of a Building proposed to be executed by his Majesty at Richmond Park / Register of the Weather (underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (303 x 454)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 223
Rowan, 2003, p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 223
Rowan, 2003, p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity and the Architecture of Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 27 June - 27 September 2003; New York School of Interior Design Gallery, 29 September - 4 December 2004
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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