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[2] Preliminary design for a terrace, 1792, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/43
Purpose
[2] Preliminary design for a terrace, 1792, unexecuted
Aspect
Sketch elevation of a three-storey building with a projecting three-bay centre and ends. The central three-bays have a ground floor arcade, and giant columns supporting a pediment over the upper floors. The connecting parts of the building and the projecting ends are of two different designs. One has a columned ground-floor with fan-lit openings and the central three bays of the end within a relieving arch. The other side has a screen of columns with square-headed openings, and a tripartite first-floor window with a fanlight within a relieving arch with a tablet above in the central end bay
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1792
datable to 1792
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (417x124)
Hand
Probably
James Adam
James Adam
Literature
King, 2001, pp. 68, 75, 76
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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