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  • image SM Adam volume 31/24

Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/24

Purpose

[8] Alternative finished drawing for the elevation of the north front of Edinburgh High School, 1777, unexecuted

Aspect

Same as SM 31/27 with the omission of the central three pedimented bays. The entrance is instead framed by a pedimented aedicule within a recessed arch and the first floor has a Venetian window flanked by arched windows

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

North Front of a new Design for the High School of Edinburgh

Signed and dated

  • 6/3/1777
    Adelphi / 6th March 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (598x493)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, II, 1922, p. 11
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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