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[5] Design for a house, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/116
Purpose
[5] Design for a house, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house, with a hipped roof and the pedimented, central three-bays projecting. The stepped, central entrance has a fan light and is flanked by windows surmounted by lunettes, and each is set within a reliving arch, with rosettes ornamenting the spandrels. Above this there are full-height, balustraded windows surmounted by a panel ornamented with a sacrificial scene, and there are quarter-height windows in the upper register. The central three bays are flanked by single bays containing stepped entrances, set within niches with ornamental ceilings. Above this there are tripartite, balustraded windows, articulated by Ionic columns, and all set within relieving arches ornamented with figurative roundels
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of Messrs Drummonds Charing Cross (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- Jan 1777
Adelphi Janry 14. 1777-
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (561 x 455)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
1
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 52
Sands, 2016, p. 25, 27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 52
Sands, 2016, p. 25, 27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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