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  • image SM Adam volume 41/88

Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/88

Purpose

[15] Design for a conservatory, 1782, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation and section of a one-and-a-half-storey, nine-bay conservatory, terminating in three-bay pavilions. The central block contains a three-bay, pedimented Tuscan portico supporting a weather vane. The portico has a central stepped entrance, and this is flanked by windows, with roundels flanked by swags set above. In the upper register there are quarter-height windows flanked by Tuscan columns. The flanking bays are set behind a Tuscan colonnade. The left-hand pavilion is octagonal in form, and is surmounted by a conical roof supporting a belvedere and weather vane. The pavilion has a central entrance with a figurative roundel above, and this is flanked by Corinthian columns and niches. The right-hand pavilion is circular in form, is surmounted by a stepped dome with an oculus, and has an aedicule entrance. The entrance is flanked by niches containing urns, and above this there are rosette roundels and a figurative panel depicting a chariot pulled by winged putti

Scale

bar scale of 3 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of a Conservatory &c. for Sir James Wright Baronet. At Ray House in Essex / Extends 120 feet and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • November 1782
    Adelphi / 6 Nov.r 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (904 x 366)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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