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[5] Finished drawing for the south front of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/11
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for the south front of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Rear (south) elevation of a group of prison buildings within a hilly landscape. The buildings comprise a two-storey, five-bay central block, behind a single-storey parapet wall that terminates in two-storey, single-bay pavilions. Behind the wall, pavilions and central block are two, two-storey buildings with connecting single-bay pavilions. The central block has a bow end with a conical roof and is decorated with string-coursing and a dentilled cornice. Across the entire elevation are a mixture of square, arched, Diocletian and Venetian windows
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
South front towards the Cannongate[sic] of the New Bridewell proposed to be built upon the Caltoun[sic] Hill at Edinburgh / (in a curator's hand) See Vol 21. 7 / original SA / 2 / (verso) 3 Plans 2 Sections 4 Elevations of the Bridewell at Edinh / 1st Design
Signed and dated
- 1790-91
datable to 1790-91
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including cerulean blue, sepia, olive green, Payne’s grey, black, Venetian red and Naples yellow within a ruled border on laid paper (566x283)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson, or John Paterson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson, or John Paterson
Watermark
Portal & Bridges
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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