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[3] Design for the west front of Wedderburn Castle, c.1767-71, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/79
Purpose
[3] Design for the west front of Wedderburn Castle, c.1767-71, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey building with four-storey octagonal towers at each end. The ground floor is rusticated, and the entire elevation is adorned with hood mouldings, a mixture of square- and round-headed windows, string coursing and crenelations
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
West Front of a Castle for / Patrick Home of Billy Esqr (underwritten in pencil) / (in another hand, in pencil) 78
Signed and dated
- c.1767-71
datable to c.1767-71
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (605x495)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, J. P. Laurent or William Hamilton
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, J. P. Laurent or William Hamilton
Literature
King, 2001, pp. 220-21
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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