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[4] Finished drawing for a corn market, c1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/41
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for a corn market, c1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a one-and-a-half-storey, five-bay building, with a pitched roof 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 entrances there is a band of guilloche, and there are quarter-height windows in the upper register. The roof line of the building is ornamented with a band of dentils
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design for One side 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 (513 x 349)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
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.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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