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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/35

Purpose

[25] Finished drawing for the north front of a building, c1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a three-and-a-half-storey, nine-bay building with a hipped roof and a raised Corinthian colonnade set across the central three-bays. The colonnade has a frieze of rosette roundels and is surmounted by pedestals supporting statuary. On the ground storey there are three-quarter-height windows. On the first storey set within the colonnade there are balustraded Venetian windows and these are flanked by full-height windows. On the second storey there is a fluted string course and three-quarter-height windows, with quarter-height windows in the upper register. On the left- and right-hand sides of the building there are three-storey, balustraded bow fronts

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/8 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Another Design for Luton Park one of the seats of the Earl of Bute / Elevation of South End as executed (modern curatorial hand, pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1767
    c1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (595 x 455)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Adam 39/35 (modern curatorial hand, pencil) / Reinforcement affixed to right-hand side inscribed Drawer 2 / Adam 39/35 (modern curatorial hand, pencil)

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 21
Russell, 1992, pp. 44-47
King, 2001, Volume I. p. 119
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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