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[4] Design for a section through a mausoleum, 1790, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 34/77
Purpose
[4] Design for a section through a mausoleum, 1790, as executed
Aspect
Axial section through a single-storey building with a barrel-vaulted roof, wall panelling, and a columned entrance on one side. The different colour washes denote the building materials
Scale
bar scale of 3 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section from West to East through the Mausoleum for Westerkirk. / (and in the hand of William Adam) The Seat of Sir James Johnstone Bart with some dimensions / (verso) […]erkirk Reduced Plans
Signed and dated
- 10/03/1790
Albemarle Street. / 10th March 1790
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including pink, lemon yellow and cerulean on laid paper (460x303)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson or John Paterson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson or John Paterson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 30
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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