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[3] Finished drawing for the extension to the house, c1760-61, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/110
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing for the extension to the house, c1760-61, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation with a three-storey, three-bay, crenellated, canted central block, with octagonal towers behind, and flanked on either side by a two-storey, four-bay crenellated link, and a three-storey, three-bay crenellated, canted tower. The windows are surmounted by hood mouldings
Scale
bar scale of 1/7 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
A New Design for the Garden Front For The Right Honble The Lord Digby and some dimensions given in pencil (verso) Lord Digby
Signed and dated
- 1760-1761
datable to c1760-61
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (653 x 441)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 165
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 165
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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