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[8] Finished drawing for the northeast front of a building, c1764, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/41
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing for the northeast front of a building, c1764, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-and-a-half storey, seventeen-bay crenellated building. The central block is eleven bays, with full-height windows on the ground and first storeys, with half-height windows in the upper register. The building terminates in three-bay square towers, with tripartite windows on the ground and first storeys, and this is surmounted by single-storey turrets
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
North East Front of Luton Castle in Bedfordshire- / one of the Seats of the Earl of Bute (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Extends 217ft. 7.In. and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1764
c1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (530 x 369)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi or William Hamilton, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi or William Hamilton, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
2 Rough preliminary plan (pencil)
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 21
Russell, 1992, pp. 44-47
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 12; Volume II, pp. 85, 131, 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Russell, 1992, pp. 44-47
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 12; Volume II, pp. 85, 131, 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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