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[26] Design for the south front of a building, c1767, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 39/36
Purpose
[26] Design for the south front of a building, c1767, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, nine-bay building with a hipped roof and the central five bays projecting with the third and seventh bays surmounted by pyramidal roofs. There is a central entrance set behind a Corinthian colonnaded screen, with a Diocletian window set within a relieving arch above. The entrance is flanked by full-height windows and on the first storey there is a fluted string course and three-quarter-height windows. In the upper register there are quarter-height windows, with the central three windows set behind a balustrade. To the left- and right-hand sides of the building there are two-storey, balustraded bow fronts
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Another Design for Luton Park one of the Seats of the Earl of Bute (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / South (pencil) / Elevation of North End as executed (modern curatorial hand, pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1767
c1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (591 x 499)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
number 10 / 3 Elevations for Luton in corner(?) [_ _ _]
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 21
Russell, 1992, pp. 44-47
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 119, 157
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Russell, 1992, pp. 44-47
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 119, 157
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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