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Reference number

SM Adam volume 38/42

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for a corn market, c1772, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay, pedimented building surmounted by acroteria supporting statuary. At the ground-storey level there are double-height, semi-circular-headed entrances articulated by Doric pilasters and flanked by giant Spalatro pilasters. Above the entrance there is a band of guilloche, and there are quarter-height windows in the upper register

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design for One End of the Corn Market at Oxford (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1772
    c1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (515 x 350)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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