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[5] Design for the side elevation of a house, 1781, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/9
Purpose
[5] Design for the side elevation of a house, 1781, executed status unknown
Aspect
Side elevation of a two-storey, two-bay house over a half-sunk basement, with a portico to the front and a protruding bay to the rear. There is a Venetian window flanked by a simpler arched window, with a continuous moulded cornice. The remaining windows are square-headed, and there is a dentilled cornice above the first floor incorporating a moulded parapet with balustrading over the three bays
Scale
to a scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of one End of the House
Signed and dated
- 1781
datable to 1781
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (394x205)
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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