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[2] Preliminary design for a cottage, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/100
Purpose
[2] Preliminary design for a cottage, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a cottage with a rusticated colonnade and a pyramidal roof bearing a chimney stack. The roof line has a cornice of dentils and the building has a rusticated colonnade. Beyond the building there is a wrought iron carriage gateway which is ornamented with a fan and surmounted by spearheads, and there is a further gateway for foot passengers. The gateways are flanked by pyramidal topped piers
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Sketch of a Gate and Cottage at the Entrance to Aytown. House for John Fordyce Esq.r
Signed and dated
- March 1791
Albermarle Street / 23.r March 1791.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (449 x 309)
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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