[2] Design for a front elevation of a building, c.1788-93, executed status unknown

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  - Bank of Scotland, designs for a building, c.1788-93, execution status unknown (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 38/74

Purpose

[2] Design for a front elevation of a building, c.1788-93, executed status unknown

Aspect

Principal elevation of a three-storey, seven-bay building with projecting flanking bays and a central attic storey, with a hipped roof outlined in pencil. The ground floor is rusticated with a projecting three-bay arcade in the centre containing a doorway with a fanlight flanked by two arched windows. Above is a two-storey Ionic screen supporting a cornice and balustrade to the attic level. The cornice contains a tablet with ‘BANK OF SCOTLAND’ outlined in pencil. The outer bays are pedimented and contain tripartite windows within recessed arches with Corinthian columns, bottle-neck balustrades, and medallions enclosed by festoons. In addition, there are a mixture of square-headed windows, fanlights, and oculi as well as strigillated panels and medallions

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Elevation for the Bank of Scotland

Signed and dated

c.1788-93
date of 1788-93 suggested by the Bank’s archivist as detailed in King

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and sepia wash on laid paper (532x358)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, Daniel Robertson or John Robertson

Watermark

W surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 59
King, 2001, p. 54
Further literary references in scheme notes

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