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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/8

Purpose

[7] Finished drawing for a building, c.1791-92, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the principal front of a four-storey, thirteen-bay building with a central raised dome. The entire ground floor is rusticated and the central and outer first-floor bays are articulated by pairs of giant columns flanking openings within relieving arches. The central columns support a pediment with acroteria. There are a mixture of square-headed and arched windows and across the entire elevation is a mixture of string coursing, cornices, medallions, urns in niches, moulded panels and festoon friezes

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Infirmary at Glasgow / (verso) Elevation of the Infirmary for Glasgow

Signed and dated

  • c.1791-92
    datable to c.1791-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil within a ruled border on laid paper (635x476)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 14
Stevenson, 2000, pp. 196-200
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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