[12] Design or working drawing for the entrance porch, 1775, as executed

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    - Bellevue House, Drummond Place, Edinburgh: designs for a house and stables for Major General John Scott, 1774-76 (13)
      - Preliminary design and design, or possibly a working drawing, for the entrance porch, 1775, as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 43/74

Purpose

[12] Design or working drawing for the entrance porch, 1775, as executed

Aspect

Plan, elevation, and two sections, of a single-storey, single-bay porch, accessed by straight stairs, and within by a double-width single-bay lotus capital portico, supporting a lintel, and beyond is a door surmounted by a semi-domed fanlight

Scale

bar scale of 3 2/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section of the Porch. / Front of Porch for Major Gen'. Scotts / House in the New Town of Edinburgh / Profile of the Porch. and measurements given (verso) 3 and some rough calculations

Signed and dated

1775
Adelphi May 6t. 1775.

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (386 x 598)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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