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[3] Finished drawing for the south block of Fitzroy Square, c1790, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/9
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing for the south block of Fitzroy Square, c1790, as executed
Aspect
Above- Elevation of a building as SM Adam volume 4/102, with minor alterations. The windows at the first-storey level are balustraded, the central four-bay portico has a pyramidal roof, and this is surmounted by a crest bearing festoons and flanked by urns ornamented with ram masks. To the north there is an alternative terminating three bays. At the ground-storey level there is a central window set behind a Doric pilaster screen, at the first-storey level there is a central balustraded Ionic aedicule window, and this is flanked by giant Ionic pilasters. Above this there is a tripartite window, a frieze of fluting with a central tablet ornamented with rosettes and festoons, and a Diocletian window flanked by oculi. The terminating three bays are surmounted by reclining sphinxes
Left and right- Elevations of three-storey, three-bay blocks with pyramidal roofs, and with three-quarter height windows at the ground-storey level, full-height windows at the first-storey level, half-height windows at the second storey level, and quarter-height windows in the upper register
Below- Plans of the building facades
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
South side of Fitzroy Square (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- c1790
c1790
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (1626 x 536)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 97-99
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 97-99
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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