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[19] Preliminary design for remodelling Buckingham House and its entrance gate, c1761-63, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/7/140
Purpose
[19] Preliminary design for remodelling Buckingham House and its entrance gate, c1761-63, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a detail of an entrance gate, with a screened carriage arch under part of a pediment, flanked by a further screened carriage arch ornamented with niches, roundels and relief panels
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
(verso) an unrelated bill
Signed and dated
- 1761-1763
date range: 1761-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (188 x 158)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 129, 221
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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