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Reference number

SM Adam volume 40/43

Purpose

[46] Design for the fishing room and boat house 1769-70, executed

Aspect

Elevation of a one-and-a-half storey, three-bay pedimented building, with a central door within a relieving arch, flanked by windows surmounted by roundels. The walls are articulated by Doric pilasters, and the pediment surmounted by acroteria

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Elevation of the Fishing Room at Kedleston for Lord Scarsdale (in three different hands) and some dimensions given, and rough calculations in pencil

Signed and dated

  • 1769-1770
    date range: 1769-70

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (197 x 267)

Hand

Two Adam office hands, possibly Robert Adam and Joseph Bonomi, with for Lord Scarsdale in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
King, 1991, Volume I, pp. 339-41
Musson, 1996, p. 42
Harris, 2006, pp. 24, 26
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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