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Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/79

Purpose

[4] Finished drawing for the principal elevation of a castle-style building, 1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey, castle-style building over a half-sunk basement, same as SM Adam volume 1/186

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Principal Front of an Addition to Castle Semple one of the seats of William Macdowall Esquire ~ / Extends 108 feet with some floor dimensions

Signed and dated

  • 1791
    Robt Adam Archt 1791.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (546x369x)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 6
King, 2001, p. 161
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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