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[4] Design for a house, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/67
Purpose
[4] Design for a house, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the principal (south) front of a house as Adam volumes 43/69-71, showing a three-storey, five-bay central block, with a half-sunk basement, and a hipped roof, and a central door on the first storey, within a Doric porch. The central block is flanked by two-storey, two-bay links with pitched roofs, and two-storey, single-bay pedimented wings, with Venetian windows within relieving arches on the first storey
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
South Front of a new Design for Major General Scott near St. Andrew's Square Edinburgh (Edinburgh in the hand of William Adam) and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 19/08/1774
Adelphi August 19t. 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a triple ruled border on laid paper (590 x 456)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam, with additions to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 12
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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