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  • image SM Adam volume 30/135

Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/135

Purpose

[9] Finished drawing for stables, c1763, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the side front, of a two-storey, five-bay building, with a hipped roof, and projecting end bays. Each bay contains a rectangular window surmounted by a Diocletian window set within a relieving arch, and the two end bays are articulated by paired Doric plasters. There are half-height windows in the upper register

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Stables for his Grace the Duke of Manchester (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

  • c1763
    datable to c1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (530 x 302)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly, Agostino Brunias, Agostino Scara, or Benedetto Napoletano Title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 189
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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