[1] Alternative preliminary design for a porch, 1761-74, unexecuted

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    - Mount Street (later 34 Berkeley Square), designs for a porch for Claudius Amyand, 1761-74, unexecuted (3)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/130

Purpose

[1] Alternative preliminary design for a porch, 1761-74, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a three-bay Doric portico, with a central stepped entrance surmounted by a fan light, with rosettes and swags above. The entrance is flanked by windows, and above this there are suspended cameos flanked by drop calyx(?). The portico has a frieze of fluting and rosettes, with a band of dentils above

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Claude Amyand Esqr- (charcoal)

Signed and dated

1761-74
date range: 1761-74 (see scheme notes)

Medium and dimensions

Charcoal on laid paper (202 x 170)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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