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[64] Unfinished record drawing for the principal front of the house, c1785-86, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam Volume 49/12
Purpose
[64] Unfinished record drawing for the principal front of the house, c1785-86, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, seven-bay building, with a balustraded, hipped roof. The basement contains rectangular windows, and a central door, all within reliving arches, and the windows on the first floor are pediments, and there is a portico of four giant Ionic columns supporting a pediment across the central three bays
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
For the Duke of Cumberland Pall Mall
Signed and dated
- 1785-1786
date range: 1785-1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (328 x 472)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, index p. 44
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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