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[2] Finished drawing for a coach house, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/108
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a coach house, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a five-bay coach house. The central three bays are one-and-a-half-storeys high and contain three coach houses behind a moulded arcade articulated by Doric pilasters, and surmounted by a frieze of enclosed rosettes. The central three bays are flanked by single-storey, single-bay lodges with arched doors. Each part of the building has a moulded cornice
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of Stable Offices for General Plaistow / Plan of the Stables (all in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) [Gen]eral Plaistow a Temple / Number 32 (in red pen)
Signed and dated
- 2 September 1779
Adelphi / 2d. Sepr. 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (331 x 493)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, and title inscription in the hand of William
Watermark
IV
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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