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  • image SM Adam volume 10/194

Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/194

Purpose

[3] Preliminary design for the north front of a house, c1784, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the north front of a three-storey, seven-bay building, surmounted by a balustrade. There is a central entrance at the ground-storey level, and this is flanked by niches. At the first-storey level there is a balustraded, aedicule window, set within a relieving arch, with a roundel above. All this is flanked by Ionic pilasters, and surmounted by statuary. There is a string course of fluting and roundels

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Signed and dated

  • c1784
    c1784

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (267 x 206)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

Rowan, 1985, p. 38
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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