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  • image SM Adam volume 4/60

Reference number

SM Adam volume 4/60

Purpose

[19] Preliminary design for an ornamental barn, c1788, possibly executed

Aspect

Above- Elevation of a single-storey, five-by-one-bay building, with a pitched, thatched roof. Across the central three-bays there is a pavilion, surmounted by a weather vane, with a central screened entrance, flanked by an aedicule. The first and third bays contain cross windows, and are terminated by a further aedicule Below – Plan of the rear front of a three-bay building, with external paired columns

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • c1788
    c1788

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (204 x 130)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

JB (cropped)

Literature

Rowan, 1985, p. 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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