[11] Unfinished design for a reservoir, c1774, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Mistley Hall and Village, Essex, for the Rt. Hon. Richard Rigby, c1774-82 (34)
    - Preliminary designs, designs and a finished drawing for a bath house and a reservoir, c1774, unexecuted (12)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/59

Purpose

[11] Unfinished design for a reservoir, c1774, unexecuted

Aspect

Above- Elevation of a reservoir building as SM Adam volume 1/164, with the reclining figure within the arch depicted as Neptune Below - Plan of a three-bay, semi-circular reservoir, with the central bay projecting

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Plan and Elevation for a Reservoire for supplying the salt water Baths in the Style of an Ancient Fountain for the Right Hon.ble / Richard Rigby Esqr

Signed and dated

c1774
c1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (490 x 500)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Verso

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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