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  • image SM Adam volume 44/10

Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/10

Purpose

[3] Design for a garden temple, c1760-61, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and elevation as Adam volume 9/187, but with the screen flanked by panels containing variant drops. The plan shows a square outline, and a window in one side wall

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Elevation of a Doric Temple For The Earl of Portmore proposed / to be situated in the Banks of the Thames at his Lordships Seat / of Weybridge / Plan of the Temple (in the hand of William Adam) and dimensions given (in pen and pencil) (verso) Earl of Portmore

Signed and dated

  • c1760-61
    datable to c1760-61

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (310 x 515)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

LVG and a fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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