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  • image SM Adam volume 19/121

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/121

Purpose

[1] Design for a Doric alcove and seat, ND, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation and plan of a single-storey, rectangular, Greek Doric alcove with an internal U-shaped seat or bench. The alcove comprises three bays articulated by a pair of fluted columns flanked by fluted pilasters, supporting an entablature decorated with triglyph and a mixture of urns and enclosed rosettes in the metopes, supporting a pediment decorated with laurel-tip moulding

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of a Doric Seat for Mr. Baron Smyth / (in another hand) 15 / (in a curator’s hand in pencil) 121

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper paper (290x463)

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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