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[3] Finished drawing for a cottage, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/155
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing for a cottage, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a single-storey, three-bay, rusticated cottage with a pyramidal roof and a bow front. The cottage has a central entrance set within the bow front, and this is flanked by lead crossed windows. To the right of the cottage there is a low, rusticated wall, and to the left there is a wrought iron gate ornamented with a fan and surmounted by spearheads. The gateway has pyramidal topped piers, and there is a further rusticated wall beyond
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of a Cottage for John Fordyce Esq.r of Aytown in Berwickshire / 30 Feet / 65th (pencil) / 11:4 (pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1791
Robt Adam Arch.t 1791.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (472 x 293)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 257
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 257
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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