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[5] Design for the house, 1768, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/49
Purpose
[5] Design for the house, 1768, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the garden front as Adam volume 43/54, but with the ground storey of the central block rusticated
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
House for Sir Thomas Ackland Baronet / in Devonshire (all in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1768
datable to 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (744 x 518)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
IVILLEDARY and LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 127
For a full list of literature see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 127
For a full list of literature see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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