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Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/12

Purpose

[6] Design for the south front of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1790-91, unexecuted

Aspect

Rear elevation of a group of prison buildings within a hilly landscape, similar to SM Adam volume 33/11 but in the castle style. The buildings comprise a central block with a round tower with a conical roof, with a low parapet wall in the foreground that terminates in two pavilions. The central block appears to have a dentiled cornice, weathervane and bartizans, the flanking pavilions also appear to have bartizans. There is a pencil sketch which appears to show the remaining site in perspective from the rear boundary wall. There is a pencil drawing on the verso

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1790-91
    datable to 1790-91

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (484x272)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson, or John Paterson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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