[24] Preliminary designs for a gated screen, c.1789, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Findlater Castle, Moray: designs for a castle, stables and offices, gates and a bridge for James Ogilvy 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield, 1789, unexecuted (26)
    - Variant designs for a gated screen and lodge, c.1789, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/207

Purpose

[24] Preliminary designs for a gated screen, c.1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Upper: elevation of a gated screen comprising a tall central arch flanked by smaller arches. The walls are rusticated and there is a central platform surmounted by a lion Lower: alternative elevation of a gated screen comprising a tall central arch flanked by relieving arches with square-headed windows. The walls are rusticated and there is a central frieze with a stepped gable above surmounted by a cross and flanked by chimneys

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

WEST GATE TO FINDLATER CASTLE

Signed and dated

c.1789
datable to c.1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (200x290)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

Enthroned man within a cartouche

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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