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[14] Variant design for a town house or garderner's house, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/60
Purpose
[14] Variant design for a town house or garderner's house, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, three-bay house flanked by single-storey arcaded walls with a balustrade. There is a rusticated central arch to the ground floor of the cottage flanked by niches with medallions above framed by pilasters. The first floor has a screen of Ionic columns and pilasters and above is a central oculus framed by festoons. The hipped roof of the house has a bottle-neck balustrade
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
In the style of an Italian Casino or Villa.
Signed and dated
- 1775
R. A. 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including sepia, olive green, Naples yellow and Payne’s grey (320x207)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, p. 217
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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