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[7] Design for a castle-style building, c.1789, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/190
Purpose
[7] Design for a castle-style building, c.1789, unexecuted
Aspect
Perspective of a three-storey castle over a half-sunk basement with projecting ends flanked by circular turrets, and a central bow one side. The central bay has tripartite windows framed in a tall, recessed arch with a spire above. The elevation is adorned with arched windows, square-headed windows, crosses, and oculi as well as machicolated cornices, and string coursing
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c.1789
datable to c.1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (220x159)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
fleur de lis [in part]
Literature
King, 2001, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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