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  • image SM Adam volume 36/44

Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/44

Purpose

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

Aspect

Rear (southwest) elevation of a two-storey building with a three-bay canted bay, with flanking single-storey wings, all over a basement. The canted bay has ground-floor arched windows, first-floor square-headed windows and string coursing between the floors. The flanking wings have Venetian windows, and the entire elevation has sills and cornices at eaves level

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

South East front of the Lodge with some dimensions

Signed and dated

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

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (368x251)

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

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