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[6] Design for the principal elevation of a house, 1785, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/109
Purpose
[6] Design for the principal elevation of a house, 1785, executed status unknown
Aspect
Principal (east) elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house with a hipped roof. There is a simple ground-floor portico with Tuscan columns and steps. The ground floor is rusticated. The first and second floor bays are articulated by giant Tuscan columns supporting an entablature and pediment at attic level. There is a continuous first-floor balustrade
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of the East front of a House proposed to be built at Edinbrugh for Ilay Campbell Esqr / Lord Advocate for Scotland
Signed and dated
- 8/6/1785
Adelphi / 8th June 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (407x284)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
WT
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 125
King, 2001, p. 125
Level
Drawing
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