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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/161

Purpose

Design for a rustic building, 1772

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building with a thatched, hipped roof. The central three bays form a bow front, with a rustic colonnade raised on pedestals and with capitals ornamented with rosettes. At the ground storey level there are full-height, latticed windows. At the first storey level there are half-height, latticed windows set within a gable. The roof line is ornamented with a band of dentils and the central three bays are surmounted by a conical roof, with a small latticed window set within

Scale

bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Unknown (in the hand of William Adam) / 68th (underwritten on pencil)

Signed and dated

  • March 1772
    Adelphi / March 12th 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including sepia within a single ruled border on laid paper (511x350)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand

Level

Drawing

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