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  • image SM Adam volume 1/12

Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/12

Purpose

[42] Preliminary design for a castle-style tower, c.1784, unexecuted

Aspect

Sketch elevation of a three-storey round tower adorned with balustrading and machicolated cornices, and a flagpole. There are a mixture of square-headed and arched windows within relieving arches. There are also some additional sketches of details of the machicolated cornice

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • c.1784
    datable to c.1784

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (243x195)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

GR surmounted by a crowned cartouche

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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