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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/170

Purpose

[8] Preliminary design for the east front of additions to the College of Justice, 1790-91, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the east front of a three-storey octagonal tower with a domed roof. The ground floor comprises a large tripartite entrance divided by Tuscan columns and surmounted by a fanlight, flanked by columns with Ionic capitals. The first floor has a Venetian window with a balustrade, flanked by urn-filled niches with medallions above, and the second floor contains a tripartite window

Scale

to a rough scale

Signed and dated

  • 1790-91
    datable to 1790-91

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (191x369)

Hand

Possibly
Robert Adam

Watermark

Footed P

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 11
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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