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  • image SM Adam volume 34/70

Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/70

Purpose

[5] Finished drawing for the rear elevation of a house, 1790, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house with a hipped roof and a half-sunk basement. The central three bays are within a bow with a conical roof, and are flanked by tripartite windows within relieving arches on the principal floor

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of the North front of Champ fleurie house for Alexr Johnstone Esqr. / 1st design

Signed and dated

  • 1790
    Robt Adam 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (373x256)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 6
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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