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  • image SM Adam volume 30/14

Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/14

Purpose

[5] Design for the principal front of a building, c.1791-94, unexecuted

Aspect

Principal elevation of a two-storey building same as SM Adam volume 1/64

Scale

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

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Principal front of the Assembly Rooms at Glasgow ~ / (verso) (in pencil) [_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _] Glasgow

Signed and dated

  • c.1791-94
    datable to c.1791-94

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (490x214)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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