[15] Alternative finished drawing for the north front of a house, c1790, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/66

Purpose

[15] Alternative finished drawing for the north front of a house, c1790, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the north front of a two-storey, seven-bay building as SM Adam volume 42/77, but with minor alterations. The entrance portico is omitted, and substituted with a pedimented Doric pilaster screen. This is set within a relieving arch, and the spandrels are ornamented with winged sphinxes

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Unknown (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / 22 / 22nd (pencil) / 136(?) (pencil)

Signed and dated

c1790
c1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (469 x 276)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Richard Crichton or John Charels, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Rowan, 1985, p. 42
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 106, 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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