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[4] Preliminary design for the elevation of a house, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/208
Purpose
[4] Preliminary design for the elevation of a house, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a three-storey, three-bay house with a single-storey link terminating in a two-storey wing with an adjoining single-storey wall. The house has a ground-floor portico with a first-floor tripartite window within a relieving arch, with a balustrade, and the elevation is adorned with three rows of string coursing, and a hipped roof with a weathervane. The link is balustraded with an opening in a relieving arch and the wing has tripartite windows on both floors
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1791
datable to 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (209x139)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson or Robert Morison
Verso
Pencil sketch of part of a floor plan showing two apsidal rooms
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
King, 2001, p. 128
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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