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[9] Design for the rear elevation of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/72
Purpose
[9] Design for the rear elevation of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house with two-storey, single-bay balustraded ends. The house has a hipped roof with chimney stacks and has a central entrance with a fanlight set within a recessed arch. The bays are articulated by giant columns with volute capitals, supporting a moulded entablature with a frieze of enclosed rosettes, and pilasters on the attic floor
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design for altering the South front of Balaville House in Badinoch / for James Macpherson Esqr. with some dimensions in pencil / (verso) 1
Signed and dated
- 1790
datable to 1790
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (470x267)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
W surmounted by a cartouche with a fleur de lis
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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