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[11] Preliminary design for a town house or garderner's house, c.1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/192
Purpose
[11] Preliminary design for a town house or garderner's house, c.1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a two-storey building with projecting bays to each side and a staircase at one end. The house is adorned with a first-floor pedimented opening, a continuous balustrade, and arched windows or niches
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- c.1775
datable to c.1775
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (233x189)
Hand
Probably
Robert or James Adam
Robert or James Adam
Watermark
Crowned cartouche in part
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 8
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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