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  • image SM Adam volume 36/45

Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/45

Purpose

[5] Design for a classical lodge, 1781, unexecuted

Aspect

Principal (northwest) elevation of a two-storey, three-bay lodge, with flanking single-storey wings with hipped roofs, all over a basement. There is a central portico with Tuscan columns and a frieze with enclosed rosettes, and flanked by multipaned windows. The flanking wings have Venetian windows within relieving arches with balustrades

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

North West front of the Lodge with some dimensions

Signed and dated

  • 6/8/1781
    Adelphi / 6.th August 1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (398x272)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 54
King, 2001, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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