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  • image SM Adam volume 34/33

Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/33

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design for the house by Stiff Leadbetter, 1756

Aspect

Elevation of the garden (west) front of a three-storey, seven-bay house, with a hipped roof, and a three-storey, canted bay across the central three bays. The central, and two end bays contain Venetian windows on the first storey

Scale

bar scale of 1/9 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Back Elevation of the Earl of Harcourts House in (in the hand of William Adam) (verso) 2

Signed and dated

  • 1756
    datable to 1756

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (403 x 226)

Hand

Stiff Leadbetter, title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

LVG and a shield surmounted by fleur-de-lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
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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