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[3] Finished drawing for the principal front of a castellated house, 1776, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 34/54
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing for the principal front of a castellated house, 1776, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Rear elevation of a three-storey, fifteen-bay house, over a half-sunk basement, with three-bay bow ends. The central bay is adorned with stairs leading to a tripartite opening with a large fanlight, flanked by circular towers. The entire elevation is adorned with square-headed and arched windows, quatrefoil, string coursing, hood moulding, machicolated cornices and crenelations
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Front of Wenvoe Castle in Glamorganshire towards the Bowling green, the Seat of Peter Birt Esqr
Signed and dated
- 2/4/1776
Adelphi April 2d 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (537x362)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Adam office, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur des lis within a crowned cartouche
Notes
Pricked for transfer, coloured residue in top right corner of verso
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 36
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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