[6] Design for the rear elevation of a building, 1791, unexecuted

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  - Linthouse, Glasgow: unexecuted designs for a house for James Spreull, 1791, unexecuted (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/92

Purpose

[6] Design for the rear elevation of a building, 1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Rear elevation of a three-storey, three-bay house with a hipped roof, and two-storey flanking links terminating in single-bay wings with tripartite and Diocletian windows, with hipped roofs. The entire elevation is adorned with string coursing and there are square-headed windows

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation towards the River of a new Design for Sproul Esq.^r at Lint House / Extends 130 feet

Signed and dated

13/12/1791
Edin^r 13 Decemb^r / 1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (478x271)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson or Robert Morison

Watermark

Portal & Bridges

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 21
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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