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[6] Design for a house, 1792, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/98
Purpose
[6] Design for a house, 1792, executed status unknown
Aspect
Side elevation of a three-storey, three-bay building with a hipped roof. There are recessed arches to the ground floor bays with quoining at the corners of the building. Above are two continuous plat bands and a cornice at eaves level. There is a pediment to the right side of the building as well as a portico with Doric fluted columns
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of the West Front (and in the hand of William Adam) of Woodburne house
Signed and dated
- 22/03/1792
Albemarle Street / 22 March 1792
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (385x278)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Watermark
W within a cartouche surmounted by a fleur des lys
Literature
Bolton, Vol. II, Index, 1922, p. 31
King, Vol. II, 2001, p. 134
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, Vol. II, 2001, p. 134
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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