[6] Alternative design for the rear elevation of a house, 1780, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/181

Purpose

[6] Alternative design for the rear elevation of a house, 1780, unexecuted

Aspect

Rear elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house with a hipped roof with a balustraded parapet, and a central, three-bay bow, articulated by Ionic columns at the first floor with a balustrade. The elevation is adorned with string coursing, moulded cornices, and a guilloche frieze

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Some dimensions in pencil

Signed and dated

1780
datable to 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (315x444)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Verso

Design for the front elevation of a house, same as SM Adam volume 48/66

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 29
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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