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[16] Finished drawing for a castle-style lodge, 1783, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/46
Purpose
[16] Finished drawing for a castle-style lodge, 1783, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, three-bay, cross-stepped gabled lodge with flanking single-bay wings, all over a basement. There is a ramped entrance to the central opening with a fanlight above, flanked by square-headed windows, followed by Venetian windows in the flanking wings. Across the entire elevation are hood mouldings, string coursing, crenellations, corbelled cornices and corbelled bartizans with pepper-pot roofs
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) 2d Design of a Lodge in the Castle Stile for the Earl of Findlater / (in a different hand) 15
Signed and dated
- 21/8/1783
Adelphi / August 21d 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (575x474)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 54
King, 2001, p. 165
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, p. 165
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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