[8] Design for the south west front of a castle-style building, 1789, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - 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)
    - Designs for a castle-style building, 1789, unexecuted (13)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/26

Purpose

[8] Design for the south west front of a castle-style building, 1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Principal (southwest) elevation of a three-storey castle-style building over a basement, same as SM Adam volume 1/190 but with the central spire and heraldry omitted and the addition of a clock, and small spire roofs to the pair of raised crenelations

Scale

to a scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

South West front of Findlater Castle towards the Bridge / 153.0 / (verso) Earl of Findlater Callen[sic] Castle / 4 Elevations 2 Sections 4 Ground Plans / Perfect Copies from no 14

Signed and dated

14/8/1789
Albemarle Street / 14.^th August 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (522x256)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 13
King, 2001, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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