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  • image SM Adam volume 46/127

Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/127

Purpose

[11] Finished drawing for a house, c.1787, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house with flanking, single-storey, three-bay links terminating in three-bay, two storey pavilions, all over a half-sunk, rusticated basement. The main house is adorned with a central stepped entrance with a fanlight, flanked by Tuscan columns supporting a pediment. The outer bays of the house project forward, and their windows are within relieving arches. The pavilions are pedimented, with oculi in the centre and the entire elevation is adorned with string coursing, sills, and moulded cornices

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Unknown / 50 / (in pencil) 50th

Signed and dated

  • c.1787
    datable to c.1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (245x157)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Rowan, 1985, pp. 61-65
King, 2001, p. 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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