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[4] Finished drawing for the front elevation of a house, 1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/66
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for the front elevation of a house, 1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Principal elevation of a two-storey house with a hipped roof with a balustraded parapet, and a central porte-cochere with a pediment supported by paired Ionic columns with a fluted frieze adorned with enclosed rosettes. There is a large fanlight over the central entrance, and the outer bays contain openings within pedimented and consoled surrounds with Diocletian windows above. The elevation is adorned with string coursing, a guilloche frieze and a dentilled and moulded cornice
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Thomas Johnes Esqr / (verso) No 1 / No 1 / Thomas Jones Esquire of Stonehouse
Signed and dated
- 1780
datable to 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (590x442)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 29
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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