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[28] Finished drawing for the north front of a house, c1784, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/69
Purpose
[28] Finished drawing for the north front of a house, c1784, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building, as SM Adam volume 1/109, but the ornamentation of the portico frieze is omitted
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Doctor Turtons House North Front (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1784
c1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border (402 x 244)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of Willliam Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of Willliam Adam
Verso
No 3
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 4
Rowan, 1985, p. 38, pls. 8-10
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 38, pls. 8-10
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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