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  • image SM Adam volume 41/89

Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/89

Purpose

[17] Design for a conservatory, c1782, possibly executed

Aspect

Axial section of a conservatory with a pitched roof supporting a weather vane, a colonnaded screen across the principal front, and a lean-to building to the rear. Within the building there is a circular room with a central stepped entrance flanked by Tuscan columns, and with a blank tablet set above. To the left of this there is a full-height window with an oculus window above

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Section across the Conservatory (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) at Ray Hall the Seat of Sir James Wright Baronet and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1782
    c1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (473 x 242)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

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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