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[27] Preliminary design for the boat house and cold bath, c1761-71, unexecuted
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SM Adam volume 8/8 verso
Purpose
[27] Preliminary design for the boat house and cold bath, c1761-71, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a single-storey, five-bay rusticated building, with individual pitched roofs on each bay. The central bay contains a segmental arch, flanked by pedimented link bays containing urn-filled niches, and then further bays with segmental arches. To the left is a pedestal supporting an urn
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Boat House & Cold Bath Lord Shelburne
Signed and dated
- 1761-1771
date range: 1761-71
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (328 x 205)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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