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[7] Preliminary design for the rear elevation of a house, 1789, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/67
Purpose
[7] Preliminary design for the rear elevation of a house, 1789, unexecuted
Aspect
Rear (south) elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building over a basement, with a hipped roof. The central three bays are contained within a full-storey bow with a conical roof, comprising two-storey Ionic columns with a bottle-neck balustrade. The outer bays contain ground floor tripartite windows set within recessed arches, the first and basement floors contain square-headed windows though there are arches outlined at basement level also
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1789
datable to 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (251x172)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Watermark
Portal & Bridges
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 3
King, 2001, p. 121
Further literature references in scheme notes
King, 2001, p. 121
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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