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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/33

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design for the principal elevation of a building, 1791-92, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Principal elevation of a three-storey, three-bay building comprising a central pedimented portico and a small rear tower with a pyramidal roof. The ground floor is rusticated with urns in niches either side of the entrance, the principal floor has tripartite windows with fanlights above, and there are fanlights in the outer bays at attic level with sphinxes above. The entire elevation is adorned with a mixture of figures within niches, fluted friezes, medallions, enclosed rosettes and balustrading

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • 1791-92
    datable to 1791-92

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and wash on laid paper (342x245)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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