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[7] Design for the side elevation of a house, c.1768-9, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/123
Purpose
[7] Design for the side elevation of a house, c.1768-9, unexecuted
Aspect
South (side) elevation of a three-storey, three-bay house over a half-sunk basement, with a hipped roof. The ground floor is alternating as part-rusticated, part-coursed. The upper floors have two outer pilasters with fluted capitals containing Acanthus leaf, supporting an entablature containing a fluted frieze, dentilled cornice and a central moulded panel. Above the panel is a central chimney stack flanked by deeply coved decorative walls
Scale
bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
South Front No. 2 for Andrew Crosbie Esqr / new town Edinburgh ~ / (verso) 4
Signed and dated
- c.1768-9
datable to c.1768-9
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (590x493)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
Footed P
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 125
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, 2001, p. 125
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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