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[6] Design for the front elevation of a stables, c.1770, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/66
Purpose
[6] Design for the front elevation of a stables, c.1770, executed status unknown
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey stable block with protruding gabled ends enclosing a ground floor loggia. There is a string course above the ground floor, a moulded cornice at eaves level and a mixture of square and rectangular windows with cills
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Front of the Coach House & Stables for / Lord Chief Baron Ord / (and in the hand of William Adam) in Edinburgh with some dimensions / (verso) Chief Baron Ord’s house in Eding / (in a different hand) number 12 / (in pencil) 12
Signed and dated
- c.1770
datable to 1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (382x536)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
GVI surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 123
Further literature references in scheme notes
King, 2001, p. 123
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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