[5] Design for the west front of a house, 1778, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Wyke House, Syon Hill, Isleworth, designs for a house for John Robinson, unexecuted (23)
    - First design for a house, unexecuted (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/94

Purpose

[5] Design for the west front of a house, 1778, unexecuted

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of the West Front shewing the new designed alterations and additions for John Robinson Esq.r / His house at Sion Hill. / Extends 126 Ft / N.B. The Fair Drawing was Drawn / three quarters of this scale / No. 7 (brown ink) / Mr R: has a fair copy of this (brown ink)

Signed and dated

October 1778
Adelphi / 1.st October 1778.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (539 x 334)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Verso

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
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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