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[6] Finished drawing for the principal elevation of a house, ND, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/116
Purpose
[6] Finished drawing for the principal elevation of a house, ND, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of two-storey, seven-bay house over a half-sunk basement, with a hipped roof and a central three-bay pedimented portico with corinthian columns, a fluted frieze with enclosed rosettes, and a wide set of balustraded entrance steps terminating in pedestals surmounted by lamps. The basement is rusticated and there are a mixture of windows in moulded and plain surrounds, as well as a dentilled cornice and moulded string course
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Principal Front of a New Design for Herbertshire House The Seat of William Morehead Esqr. ~ with some dimensions
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (367x526)
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 17
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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