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  • image SM Adam volume 37/111

Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/111

Purpose

[3] Designs for a pavilion, c1782

Aspect

Above- Longitudinal section of a single-storey, three-bay pavilion with a pitched roof supporting weather vanes. Within there are three full-height windows Below- Elevation of a single-storey, three-bay pavilion with a pitched roof supporting weather vanes. The pavilion has three full-height windows, with lintel moulding set above. The roof line is castellated, terminating in minor turrets with slit windows and conical roofs, and there are castellated pediments with oculi set within the tympana

Scale

bar scale of 2 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

for Cobham house in Kent for Wm Saltonstal Esqr (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / 111 (pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1782
    c1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (308 x 500)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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