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[18] Finished drawing for a viewing tower, 1759-60, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
- Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire: designs for landscape architecture, alterations to the house, and interior design for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (created Lord Scarsdale 1761), 1759-72 (149)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 40/33
Purpose
[18] Finished drawing for a viewing tower, 1759-60, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground floor of a circular tower with an inner cella wall pierced with six windows, two of which are blind, and a door, and with an outer curtain wall pierced with four doors, with four corner towers, one of which contains a spiral staircase, and with six steps leading up to the entrances
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of Tower for Kiddleston for Lord Scarsdale / 41 (in pencil in a modern curatorial hand) (verso) 2
Signed and dated
- 1759-1760
date range: 1759-60
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (645 x 650)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias or Laurent-Benoît Dewez, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1987, p. 88
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1987, p. 88
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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