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  • image SM Adam volume 4/8

Reference number

SM Adam volume 4/8

Purpose

[2] Preliminary design for a rustic cottage, ND

Aspect

Elevation for a two-storey building with a pitched roof, as SM Adam volume 4/3, with alterations. The right-hand bay of the principal building comprises of a niche containing a bust, with a tablet set above. The surmounting plinth of the right-hand bay is omitted, and it alternatively supports a rustic belvedere, with a pitched roof. The single-storey, three-bay building to the left of the principal building contains an arcade of relieving arches. The one-and-a-half-storey link block has oculi set within the upper register

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Charcoal on laid paper (526x326)

Hand

Probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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