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  • image SM Adam volume 34/32

Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/32

Purpose

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

Aspect

Elevation of the principal (east) front of the a three-storey, seven-bay house, with a hipped roof, and a pediment across the central three bays, and with paired quarter-turn external stairs above an arched central door on the ground storey

Scale

bar scale of 1/9 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Principal Front of the Rt Honble the Earl of Harcourts House / and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1756
    datable to 1756

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (404 x 265)

Hand

Stiff Leadbetter

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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