[7] Record drawing for a ramped entrance, 1789, executed in part

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Yester House, East Lothian: designs for alterations to a house for the 4th and 7th Marquesses of Tweeddale, c.1760-89, executed in part (8)
    - Designs for a carriage entrance and alterations to a house, 1789, executed in part (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/6

Purpose

[7] Record drawing for a ramped entrance, 1789, executed in part

Aspect

Elevation of a ramped platform with decoration shown in-part. The ramped sides are adorned with a Vitruvian scroll balustrade, and on the platform is a bottle-neck balustrade flanked by piers surmounted with tripods. The platform is coursed and contains an arched opening

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) For the Marquis of Tweddale / (and in an unknown hand) Extended Elevation of the circular Ramp proposed to be put in the North Front of Yester House to allow of Carriages driving up to the front Door ~ / If this Design is to be carried into execution, a drawing of one scroll of the Iron Rail shall be sent by the Coach / to prevent mistakes if done in Cast Iron ~ / (verso) 2

Signed and dated

24/03/1789
Albemarle Street / 24th March 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (862x304)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

Portal and Bridges [and] GR with fleur de lis in crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, pp. 32
King, 2001, pp. 188-189
Further literary references in scheme notes

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