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[5] Finished drawing for an elevation of the west front of the College of Justice, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/01
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for an elevation of the west front of the College of Justice, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, twelve-bay building with a hipped roof and a domed octagonal tower to the rear. The central five bays of both floors project forwards. The ground floor is arcaded and rusticated and has a central stepped entrance with a fanlight above the door. The first floor is articulated by a mixture of Corinthian columns and pilasters with the central five bays supporting a pediment containing a central cartouche of the coat of arms of Edinburgh, with acroteria above. The projecting outer bays have openings in pedimented moulded surrounds with consoles, with medallions above and this design is repeated in the outer bays of the building, with heraldry flanked by sphinxes on plinths above. The entire elevation is adorned with a variety of decorative elements including vermiculated panels, inset circles, strigilated panels, and a mixture of geometric, festoon, and enclosed anthemion friezes
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
West Front of a new Design for part of the College of Justice & of a Library for the Dean & Faculty / of Advocates & also of a Library for the Writers to the Signet &c / (verso) 5 Pieces 1 Plan 1 Section 3 Plan Advocates Library Edinh
Signed and dated
- 1791
Robt Adam Architect 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (648x479)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 11
Brown, 1989, p. 75
Kerr, 1998, pp. 4-7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Brown, 1989, p. 75
Kerr, 1998, pp. 4-7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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