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[7] Design for the rear front of a house, 1782, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/44
Purpose
[7] Design for the rear front of a house, 1782, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Rear elevation of three-storey, five-bay house with flanking single-storey links terminating in pavilions. The central three bays of the house are bowed and there is a dentilled cornice at roof level and a moulded string course above ground level which continues as a cornice across the flanking wings. The pavilions comprise piered corners with niches and fluted friezes. There are a mixture of square and arched windows
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/8 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) Back Front Jeriston House
Signed and dated
- 12/02/1782
Adelphi / 12th Feby 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (536x262)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 18
Further literary references in scheme notes
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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