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[15] Finished drawing for a lodge, c.1781, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/55
Purpose
[15] Finished drawing for a lodge, c.1781, unexecuted
Aspect
Rear elevation of a single-storey, five-bay house with a central bow, and flanking wings with front and side bows, all over a half-sunk basement. All the bows are three-bays wide and have conical roofs. The entire elevation is adorned with square-headed windows with sills, cornices with mutules below, a balustraded parapet at roof level of the lodge with chimneystacks at the end of the wings
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) A new Design for a Lodge for the Right Honorable The Earl of Findlater
Signed and dated
- c.1781
datable to c.1781
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (434x226)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
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.
King, 2001, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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