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  • image SM Adam volume 42/117

Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/117

Purpose

[7] Finished drawing for the rear elevation of a house, ND, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, nine-bay house over a half-sunk basement, with a hipped roof and a central three-bay bow with a conical roof, and a set of external steps. 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

Elevation towards the East / (in the hand of William Adam) for William Morehead Esqr with some dimensions

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (368x527)

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 17
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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