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[8] Finished drawing for the principal front of a castle-style house, 1791-2, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/7
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing for the principal front of a castle-style house, 1791-2, as executed
Aspect
Principal elevation of a three-storey building with flanking two-storey wings terminating in three-storey circular towers over a half-sunken basement. There is a central staircase to the principal (first) storey which contains a fan-lit entrance flanked by tall windows and the two floors above are set within a tall relieving arch with balustrades. There are hood mouldings and cills, a continuous stringcourse above the first floor, machicolated cornices, bartizans, crenelations, crow-stepped gables and heraldry. There are a mixture of square, slit and segmental-arched windows as well as oculi
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Maudlsley Castle in Clydesdale, one of the Seats of The Earl of Hyndford
Signed and dated
- 1791-92
datable to 1791-92
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (609x397)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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