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[4] Design for a house, c.1772-73, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/90
Purpose
[4] Design for a house, c.1772-73, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, three-bay house with a hipped roof, flanked by single-to-two-storey wings, with single-storey screen walls. The house has a ground-floor portico with a moulded cornice, and the first-floor windows are set within moulded surrounds with consoles and cornices, and a continuous balustrade. The flanking wings have central openings within pedimented bays with a continuous moulded cornice
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of a House for – Gordon Esqr / (verso) 1
Signed and dated
- c.1772-73
datable to c.1772-73
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (770x304)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche / IHS VILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 54
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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