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[3] Preliminary design for the south front of the bath house, c1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/156
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for the south front of the bath house, c1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the south front of a one-and-a-half storey, five-bay bath house, with a central, stepped entrance flanked by raised, Ionic aedicules, containing statuary. The entrance is flanked by niches, with an inscribed tablet and a fluted frieze above. All this is surmounted by a drum supporting a stepped dome, and is flanked by single-bay wings, with pitched roofs and rusticated stylobates. The bays terminate in Ionic columns, and contain a rectangular window, surmounted by a figurative roundel and swags
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sketch Cold & Hot Baths for Mistley Hall.
Signed and dated
- c1774
c1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (210 x 169)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 249; Volume II, pp.182-3, 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 249; Volume II, pp.182-3, 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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