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[5] Finished drawing for a lodge, c1777
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/148
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for a lodge, c1777
Aspect
Plan, elevation of principal front, and section of a circular building, containing two elliptical rooms, one of which has a staircase at the rear, the other a closet, and with two short wings to either side, and a portico on the principal front, and blind portico on the rear front. The elevation of the principal front shows a portico of four Tuscan columns, carrying a pediment with an oculus in the tympanum, and windows with leaded lights. The drum has a steep thatched pyramidal roof with a central chimney-stack, and the wings have pitched roofs. The section shows the basement, ground, and attic floors
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Lodge showing the two Rooms / on the Ground floor and Cellar under one of them / Elevation of a Lodge on the side of the Road to His Grace the Duke of Bolton's / House at Hackwood in Hampshire / Closet / Lodge / Bed room / Entry / Porch and some dimensions given [-----] moved / 13 ovals in Drawing room / £28 each (in pencil in the bottom left-hand corner)
Signed and dated
- c1777
datable to c1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes, watercolour technique, shaded within a single ruled border on laid paper (484 x 700)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, and inscribed by Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 253
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 253
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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