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[8] Design for the east and west shopfronts of a building, c.1791-94, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 30/15
Purpose
[8] Design for the east and west shopfronts of a building, c.1791-94, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, eleven-bay building with a rusticated ground floor comprising six bays of arched openings, with Tuscan columns flanking the two central bays, with raised tripartite openings between each bay with alternating caryatids and Tuscan columns, and a central first-floor Venetian window flanked by two bays of square-headed windows, with fanlights, those on the outer bays are within pedimented surrounds with consoles, each with strigillated panels below and square windows above, with the coat of arms of the United Kingdom and flanking runs on raised parapets above
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of the East & West Fronts of the Shops & houses towards Glasford[sic] & Pitt Streets the South ends of which / Make part of the General Elevation of the Assembly Rooms in Ingram Street ~
Signed and dated
- c.1791-94
datable to c.1791-94
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (592x321)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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