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Finished drawing for a house, c1775, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 30/45
Purpose
Finished drawing for a house, c1775, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, seven-bay building, with a pitched roof. The central three-bays are surmounted by a balustrade, and the centre bay is set behind a Tuscan portico. This is flanked by windows, and at the first-storey level there is a central, balustraded window with a cornice, and this is flanked by windows. Above this there is a string course ornamented with rosettes, and there are half-height windows in the upper register. The building terminates in two-storey, two-bay, pedimented pavilions, which are surmounted by acroteria. There are full-height windows at the ground-storey level, with figurative roundels above. At the first-storey level there is a string course and three-quarter-height windows. The pavilions have friezes ornamented with rosettes and festoons, and these contain central figurative panels
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of a House for Nicholas Ashton Esqr (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1775
c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (454 x 299)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 212-13
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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