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  • image SM Adam volume 33/97

Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/97

Purpose

[5] Design for the rear front of a house, 1792, executed status unknown

Aspect

Rear elevation of a three-storey, three-bay house with a pitched roof and a boundary wall. The central three bays project forward and there are two continuous plat bands as well as a cornice at roof level and three chimney stacks

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of the North Front of a new Design for Woodburn House for James Kerr Esqr / (and in pencil) Ceiling

Signed and dated

  • 22/03/1792
    Albemarle Street / 22 March 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (466x291)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson

Watermark

JW [_ _ AL _]

Literature

Bolton, Vol. II, Index, 1922, p. 31
King, Vol. II, 2001, p. 134
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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