[9] Alternative finished drawing for the northeast front of a building, c1764, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Luton Park, designs for a house and interiors including an organ case for John Crichton Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, c1763-72 (56)
    - Designs for a building, c1764, unexecuted (8)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/41a

Purpose

[9] Alternative finished drawing for the northeast front of a building, c1764, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a seventeen-bay building as SM Adam volume 37/41, but the central eleven-bay block omits the attic storey

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

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.

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Drawing

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