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[9] Finished drawing for the side elevation of a house, 1787, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/96
Purpose
[9] Finished drawing for the side elevation of a house, 1787, unexecuted
Aspect
Side elevation of a three-storey house with a hipped roof and a three-storey rear bow with a domed roof, with a two-storey quadrant link on one side terminating in a pavilion with a hipped roof, with an adjoing enclosed court with columned stores with lean-to roofs. The rear bow has a rusticated ground floor, and there is a continuous frieze with guilloche moulding and moulded cornice across the entire house. Across the entire elevation, there is a mixture of square-headed and arched windows, as well as a string course above the ground floor and a variety of chimney stacks. The quadrant link is adorned with pilasters, niches and blind oculi. The different colour washes denote the building materials
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of the South end of House and Offices / (in a different hand) for William Douglass[sic] Esqr / near Newton Stewart Galloway
Signed and dated
- 1787
datable to 1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including pink and yellow within a double-ruled border on laid paper (524x322)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 24
King, 2001, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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