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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/88

Purpose

[15] Finished drawing for an octagonal house, 1779, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey, nine-bay building, with a central entrance set within a balustraded Tuscan portico, with a frieze ornamented with rosette roundels. On the first storey there are balustraded Venetian windows, set within relieving arches, and these are flanked by full-height windows. On the second storey there is a string course of guilloche, and three-quarter height windows. Every three bays are flanked by niches containing urns, with paired Corinthian columns above, and the columns are surmounted by pedestals supporting sphinxes. The bays flanking the central three bays are set at an angle, and the roof is surmounted by an octagonal pediment ornamented with rosettes and festoons of husks

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of a New Design for John Robinson Esq.r proposed to be built at Syon Hill (underwritten in pencil) / No. 64 (brown ink) / Mr. R: has a fair copy (brown ink)

Signed and dated

  • November 1779
    Adelphi / 18.t Nov.r 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (590 x 444)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Verso

1 / 1

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
Rowan, 1985, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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