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[7] Design for the southwest front of a building, c1764, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/43
Purpose
[7] Design for the southwest front of a building, c1764, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, twenty-one bay crenellated building. There is a central five-bay block with a doorway flanked by full-height windows on the ground storey, and with full-height windows on the first storey and half-height windows in the upper register. The central block is flanked by three-bay canted towers, and one-and-a-half storey, two-bay link blocks. The building terminates in three-bay square towers, with tripartite windows on the ground and first storeys, and the towers are surmounted by single-bay turrets
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
South West front of Luton Castle in Bedfordshire / one of the seats of The Earl of Bute (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1764
c1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (536 x 374)
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
4 / Lord Bute / Luton Castle Style / 4 Elevations 4 Plans / Lord Bute (pencil)
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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