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[5] Finished drawing for the principal front of a house, 1782, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/93
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for the principal front of a house, 1782, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Upper: Principal elevation of a three-storey, three-bay house with flanking single-storey wings terminating in pavilions. The main house has a stepped entrance and a two-storey pedimented surround with Tuscan pilasters enclosing a balustraded, Venetian window at first-floor level. There is a dentilled cornice. The central bays of the pavilions contain a pedimented surround with Tuscan pilasters. There is a mixture of square and arched windows
Lower: Same as SM Adam volume 42/42
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 25 feet
Inscribed
34 / Mr Corrison / (over pencil) 34th / Mr Corrison / (and in pencil, in a curator’s hand) Jerriston House / See Vol 42 [_ _] 42-47
Signed and dated
- 1782
datable to 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (247x150)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 18
Further literary references in scheme notes
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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