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[3] Design for a garden temple, c1760-61, unexecuted
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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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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