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[23] Finished drawing for a conservatory and hot houses, c1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/108
Purpose
[23] Finished drawing for a conservatory and hot houses, c1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Above- Elevation of a conservatory, with a fifteen-bay, central block containing a principal entrance with a fan light above. The principal block is flanked by sixteen-bay blocks with side entrances
Below- Plan of a conservatory, with a central entrance, and a shed to the rear. To the left-hand side of the conservatory there is a succession house with a rear shed and a side entrance. To the right-hand side there is a fruiting house with heated underfloor pipes linking to cisterns(?) in the rear shed
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of a Conservatory and two Hot Houses / for John Robinson Esq.r at Syon Hill / Shed / Succession House / Shed / Conservatory / Shed / Fruiting House / Section across the Fruiting House / No. 28 (brown ink) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1779
c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink and Naples yellow within a single ruled border on laid paper (647 x 409)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Verso
number 30 (brown ink) / 30 (pencil) / Conservatory / 1 / John Robinson Esqr (pencil) / 1 / John Robinson Esqr Great house & Conservatory
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 210, 226
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 210, 226
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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