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[4] Design for the south elevation of a terrace of buildings, 1792, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 30/64
Purpose
[4] Design for the south elevation of a terrace of buildings, 1792, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation and part-plan of a three-storey building over a half-sunk basement, with a projecting five-bay centre, and three-bay ends with rusticated ground floors, same as SM Adam volume 10/140. The connecting parts of the building have a ground floor arcade with stepped entrances. There are a mixture of square-headed windows, oculi, tripartite windows, windows within pedimented surrounds with consoles and windows within relieving arches
Scale
to a scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design for the South front of Messrs Muirhead & Dunmores Buildings in Ingram Street Glasgow / (verso) Mess.r Murhead[sic] & Dunmore’s Building for Glasgow
Signed and dated
- 2/11/1792
Albemarle Street / 2d. Novemr. 1792
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (943x536)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly James Adam or John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly James Adam or John Robertson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 14
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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