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[7] Design and view for a boathouse, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/40
Purpose
[7] Design and view for a boathouse, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a boathouse, with one mooring, flanked by turrets. The elevation shows a semicircular-headed-arched opening to the mooring, surmounted by balustrading, and with a narrow, two-storey pepper-pot turret on one side, and two larger towers on the other side
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot (8) not to scale
Inscribed
Plan and Elevation of a Boat House for the Earl of Exeter at Burleigh / Level of Water / Door 4.0 and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- May 1775
Adelphi / 15t May 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (496 x 628)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
Richardson, 1992, p. 88
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 243
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Richardson, 1992, p. 88
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 243
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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