[8] Design for the rear elevation of a house, 1788, unexecuted

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  - Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway: designs and finished drawings for a house for William Douglas, 1787-88, unexecuted (12)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/40

Purpose

[8] Design for the rear elevation of a house, 1788, unexecuted

Aspect

Rear elevation of a three-storey house and flanking wings, same as SM Adam volume 36/95

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

East Front of / (in a different hand) a new Design for William Douglass[sic] Esqr near Newton Stewart Galloway (underwritten in pencil) / No rusticks / at A

Signed and dated

1788
datable to 1788

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (728x488)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

J Whatman / 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.

Level

Drawing

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