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[4] Finished drawing for a cottage and gates, c.1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/104
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for a cottage and gates, c.1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Upper: Elevation of a two-storey building with single-storey projecting wings flanking the central block. There is a central three-bay loggia with rustic columns, with a Diocletian window on the upper floor, and each range has a pitched roof with mutuled cornices. Adjoining the flanking wings are timber fences
Lower: Ground-storey plan showing three rooms with a loggia across the front. The staircase is in the central large room with a fireplace opposite. Rooms include a kitchen and a pantry
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
kitchen / pantry with some room dimensions and pencil annotations
Signed and dated
- c.1791
datable to c.1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including sepia, Naples yellow, olive green and Indian red on laid paper (269x310)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Literature
King, 2001, pp. 253-255, 258
Further literary references in scheme notes
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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