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[10] Preliminary design for a boathouse, 1778, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/90
Purpose
[10] Preliminary design for a boathouse, 1778, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a boathouse, with three lancet arched moorings, surmounted by balustrading, the widest central arch is flanked by two-and-a-half-storey turrets, and the outer moorings are flanked by narrow two-storey pepper-pot turrets
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1778
datable to 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (497 x 255)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 243
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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