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  • image SM Adam volume 45/22

Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/22

Purpose

[4] Design for the principal elevation of a house, c.1773-92, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, seven-bay house with a hipped roof, over a half-sunk basement with a central portico. There is a tripartite entrance separated by columns, supporting a large fanlight within the portico, and above the central bay projects slightly forward with a pediment above. The elevation is adorned with a moulded cornice above the principal floor. The house is flanked by single-storey wings terminating in single-bay pedimented pavilions

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) North front of Donovan House for / John Johnstone Esqr of Alva

Signed and dated

  • c.1773-92
    c.1773-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (525x284)

Watermark

IVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 9
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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