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  • image SM Adam volume 46/130

Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/130

Purpose

[29] Finished drawing for the north front of a house, c1790, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building, as SM Adam volume 1/109, but the oculus within the tympanum is omitted

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Unknown - Kent (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / 52 / 52d (pencil) / 22 (pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1790
    c1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (238 x 146)

Hand

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

Literature

Rowan, 1985, p. 38
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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