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[1] Design for the south front of the house, 1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/113
Purpose
[1] Design for the south front of the house, 1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay building, with a part-sunken basement. There is a central, stepped, pedimented entrance which is flanked by Tuscan columns, with full-height windows beyond. At the first-storey level there is a string course of Vitruvian scroll, and three-quarter-height windows. The south front is set behind a pedimented Corinthian portico, which supports acroteria, and there is a figurative roundel ornamenting the tympanum
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
New Disign (sic) of South Front for- Bott Esq.r near Christ- Church Hants
Signed and dated
- May 1780
Adelphi / May 12 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (523 x 459)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 6
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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