[9] Finished drawing for the north elevation of a house, 1777, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Langside or Aikenhead House, Glasgow: designs for a house and stable offices for Thomas Brown, 1777, as executed (10)
    - Designs for the plans and elevations of a house, 1777, as executed (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/20

Purpose

[9] Finished drawing for the north elevation of a house, 1777, as executed

Aspect

North elevation of a house, same as the verso of SM Adam volume 42/21

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

North Front of a new Design for Thomas Brown Esq^r. At Aikenhead / shewing[sic] the manner of joining the House & Offices by circular corridors / Extends 103 Feet / (in pencil) 90 / (verso) 1

Signed and dated

6/3/1777
Adelphi / March 6.^& 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (520x366)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 1
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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