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[5] Design for the rear elevation of a house, c.1773-92, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/23
Purpose
[5] Design for the rear elevation of a house, c.1773-92, executed status unknown
Aspect
Rear (south) elevation of a three-storey, seven-bay house with a hipped roof, and flanking single-storey wings terminating in pavilions with pyramidal roofs. There is a two-storey, three-bay bow in the centre of the house with a balustrade at the top, within a full-height five-bay pedimented projection, flanked by tripartite windows on the principal floor. The ground floor is rusticated, and the principal floor has balustrading and a moulded cornice. The flanking wings have openings within moulded architraves with consoles, and the pavilions are rusticated with a single recessed arch framed by columns supporting an entablature
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of the South Front of Donovan House in Stirlingshire for John Johnston Esqr
Signed and dated
- c.1773-92
datable to c.1773-92
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (526x307)
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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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