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  • image SM Adam volume 41/90

Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/90

Purpose

[16] Design for a conservatory, 1782, 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 space set behind a Tuscan colonnade

Scale

bar scale of 3 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section across the Conservatory- and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • November 1782
    Adelphi / 6.th Nov.r 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (474 x 289)

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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