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  • image SM Adam volume 36/57

Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/57

Purpose

[14] Finished drawing for a lodge, c.1781, unexecuted

Aspect

Principal elevation of a lodge, same as SM Adam volume 36/56 with the addition of a pediment to the central portico, and the omission of the balustraded parapet to the flanking wings and addition of chimney stacks and cornices with mutules below

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

A new Design for the Principal front of a Lodge For The Right Hon.ble / The Earl of Findlater / Extends 176 Feet

Signed and dated

  • c.1781
    datable to c.1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (435x272)

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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