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[7] Design for a villa, 1775, built to a modified and enlarged design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/18
Purpose
[7] Design for a villa, 1775, built to a modified and enlarged design
Aspect
Longitudinal section of a three-storey villa with a pitched roof, and an oculus skylight above the central staircase. Beneath the villa is a subterranean basement
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section from C to D as marked on the Plans / (and in the hand of William Adam) of a house for Mrs St John at Wellwyn in Hertfordshire and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and pink and Naples yellow wash on laid paper (297 x 324)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with additions to the inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
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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