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  • image SM Adam volume 48/23

Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/23

Purpose

[6] Design for the principal elevation of a building, 1791-92, as executed

Aspect

Principal elevation of a three-storey, five-bay building with a central clock and a raised dome with a cupola. The ground floor is rusticated and the central bay projects forward, with Corinthian columns supporting an entablature and pediment on the first floor. There is a balustrade at roof level flanked by heraldry above the outer bays. There are a mixture of tripartite, square-headed and Venetian windows and the elevation is adorned with decorative panels, fluted friezes, and a guilloche moulded band. There is a pencil outline on one side of an arched passageway and flanking building with measurements

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Trades Hall / at Glasgow~ / (in pencil) Extends 86 feet

Signed and dated

  • 1791-92
    datable to 1791-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (439x236)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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