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[4] Design for the principal elevation of a house, 1781, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/8
Purpose
[4] Design for the principal elevation of a house, 1781, executed status unknown
Aspect
Principal elevation of a two-storey, three-bay house over a half-sunk basement, with a hipped roof. There is a pedimented portico with Tuscan columns over the central tripartite entrance with steps, flanked by Venetian windows within relieving arches with a continuous moulded cornice, medallions and a continuous string course above. The remaining windows are square-headed and there is a dentilled cornice above the first floor followed by a moulded parapet with balustrading over the three bays
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of a Villa for John Gordon Esqr near the Town of Aberdeen with some dimensions
Signed and dated
- 18/6/1781
Adelphi / 18 June 1781
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (401x242)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
J WHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 1
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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