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[4] Alternative preliminary design for a cottage, unexecuted, October 1778
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 4/58
Purpose
[4] Alternative preliminary design for a cottage, unexecuted, October 1778
Aspect
Rough elevation of a thatched cottage of five bays, the central bay being of two storeys supported by tree-trunk columns and with a Diocletian window on the first floor. There is also a rough elevation of a small circular temple and a bridge on this sheet
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- October 1778
datable to October 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (295 x 445)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 259
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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