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[19] Design for the south front of a house, 1786, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/62
Purpose
[19] Design for the south front of a house, 1786, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay building, with a hipped roof, and the central three bays forming a semi-rotunda, surmounted by a conical roof. At the ground-storey level there is a stepped Tuscan portico, surmounted by a balustrade flanked by plinths supporting recumbent sphinxes. Within, there is a central entrance, surmounted by a fan light, and all this is flanked by balustraded, tripartite windows, surmounted by lunettes, and set behind Tuscan screens. At the first-storey level, there are balustraded aedicule windows, with third-height windows in the upper register
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
South front of a new Design for Sir Samuel Hannay Baronet proposed to be built / at the Hill near Putney Heath / Extends 82 feet / no. 11 / faint pencil inscription
Signed and dated
- October 1786
Albemarle Street / 25.t Oct.r 1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (517 x 289)
Hand
Probably
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Verso
no. 2 / Sir Samuel Hannay's house at Putney different [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _] / then from No 16 / 2 Elevations 1 Section 1 Roof 4 Ground Plans / (Modern curatorial hand, pencil) ADAM 35/62
Watermark
J WHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 80-1, 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 80-1, 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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