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  • image SM Adam volume 43/68

Reference number

SM Adam volume 43/68

Purpose

[6] Design for a house, 1774, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the garden (north) front of a house as Adam volume 43/67, but without the ground storey being sunk into the ground, and with a central tripartite entrance on the first storey, articulated by Doric columns, and accessed by a tapering external staircase

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plain Elevation of the North or Garden Front of a New Design for Major General Scott / at Edinburgh 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 (598 x 455)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 12
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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