[14] Finished drawing for the west front of a house, c1783, unexecuted

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  - Earl of Findlater, designs for a town house for an unknown location, possibly Portland Place, London, c1783, unexecuted (17)
    - Preliminary design, designs and finished drawing for the west front of a house, c1783, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/14

Purpose

[14] Finished drawing for the west front of a house, c1783, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay house as SM Adam volume 36/36, but omitting the pedestal and Findlater arms surmounting the roofline

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

3d Design Whites Chocolate House front to St James's Street (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) (crossed though, pencil) / Findlater (W.L. Spiers, modern curatorial hand, pencil)

Signed and dated

c1783
c1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (615 x 484)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Verso

1 / 1

Notes

SM Adam volumes 36/10-18 are incorrectly inscribed by William Adam as part of the scheme for White’s Chocolate House, St James’s Street, London.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, pp. 103-4, Index, p. 45
Rowan, 1985, p. 138
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 57, 102-6, 130
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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